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May 31, 2024 · John C. Calhoun, American political leader who was a congressman, the secretary of war, the seventh vice president (serving under presidents John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson), a senator, and the secretary of state of the United States.
Calhoun began his political career as a nationalist, modernizer and proponent of a strong federal government and protective tariffs. In the late 1820s, his views changed radically, and he became a leading proponent of states' rights, limited government, nullification, and opposition to high tariffs.
Jun 18, 2024 · Calhoun's appearance before Congress was the first by a high-ranking Boeing official since a panel blew out of a 737 Max during an Alaska Airlines flight in January.
Jun 12, 2006 · If one person could be called the instigator of the Civil War, it was John C. Calhoun—genius pragmatist, and racist.
Nov 9, 2009 · John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), was a prominent U.S. statesman from South Carolina and spokesman for the slave-plantation system of the antebellum South.
Jun 18, 2024 · and accused Calhoun of "strip-mining" Boeing while earning a multimillion-dollar pay package. Calhoun's total compensation in 2023 rose to $32.8 million, a 45% increase from the $22.6 million he ...
May 31, 2024 · John C. Calhoun - Statesman, Nullification, Sectionalism: Certainly the American Civil War was too vast an event to be the responsibility of any one man, but it can be argued that Calhoun contributed as much to its coming as did abolitionist crusader William Lloyd Garrison and Pres. Abraham Lincoln. The man himself was an enigma.
Jan 31, 2018 · John C. Calhoun, father of nullification and member of the Great Triumvirate of senators, was a political force and advocate for the South.
Jun 19, 2024 · Boeing CEO David Calhoun faced tough questioning from lawmakers on Tuesday about the aviation giant's safety and manufacturing practices, making his first appearance before Congress since a panel ...
Jun 19, 2024 · Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun arrives at a Senate hearing on Boeing's broken safety culture in Washington, DC, as family members of those killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and Lion Air Flight ...
