Show ANNIVERSARY AN A NI V TODAY'S On March 18 1782 John C. C Calhoun Calhoun Cal- Cal houn wun distinguished American statesman statesman statesman states states- man was born in Abbeville Ule district South Carolina Entering Yale college In 1802 Calhoun Calhoun Cal- Cal houn loun was graduated two years later with l high gh honors He resumed the study of law which he began at the age of 18 and was admitted to the bar In 1307 1807 The next year ocar he was sent to the state stat legislature in South Carolina where he attracted so much attention as to secure an election to congress in 1811 Calhoun later served as secretary of war under Monroe and arid vice president prest- prest dent under John Quincy Adams and then under Jackson In 1829 Calhoun Calhoun Cal Cal- houn noun declared that a state can nullify nullify nul nul- lily unconstitutional laws and in his Address to the People of South Carolina three years ears later set forth his theory of state sovereignty On the passing of ot the nullification ordinance ordinance ordinance nance by his state he resigned th the vice presidency and entered the senate senate senate sen sen- ate v where here he became a champion o othe of the slave-holding slave states Calhoun Henry Clay and Daniel Danle Webster are arc often called the grea great triumvirate of American political orators of their time |