Nullification crisis
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The nullification crisis was a sectional political crisis in the United States in 1832 and 1833, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, that involved a confrontation between the state of South Carol
An 1864 political cartoon recalling the crisis
Portrait of Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale, 1800
Portrait of James Madison by John Vanderlyn, c. 1816
Portrait of Martin Van Buren
John C. Calhoun
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John Caldwell Calhoun was an American statesman and political theorist who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. Calhoun began his political career as a national
Nullification crisis
…it could declare the law null and void in the state. In Washington, DC, an open split on the issue occurred between Jackson and Vice President John C. Calhoun, a native South Carolinian and the most effective proponent of the constitutional theory of state nullification. On July 1, 1832, before Calhoun resigned…
Portrait of Calhoun, c. 1845
Calhoun's wife, Floride Calhoun
Charles Bird King's 1822 portrait of Calhoun at the age of 40
State historic marker at Fort Hill, Calhoun's home from 1825 until his death in 1850