What key details about john c. calhoun can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: john caldwell calhoun -lrb- march 18 , 1782 -- march 31 , 1850 -rrb- was an american politician and political theorist during the first half of the 19th century . hailing from south carolina , calhoun began his political career as a nationalist , modernizer , and proponent of a strong national government and protective tariffs . after 1830 , his views evolved and he became a greater proponent of states ' rights , limited government , nullification and free trade ; as he saw these means as the only way to preserve the union . he is best known for his intense and original defense of slavery as a positive good , his distrust of majoritarianism , and for pointing the south toward secession from the union . calhoun built his reputation as a political theorist by his redefinition of republicanism to include approval of slavery and minority rights , with the southern states the minority in question . to protect minority rights against majority rule , he called for a '' concurrent majority '' whereby the minority could sometimes block offensive proposals that a state felt infringed on their sovereign power . always distrustful of democracy , he minimized the role of the second party system in south carolina . calhoun 's defense of slavery became defunct , but his concept of concurrent majority , whereby a minority has the right to object to or even veto hostile legislation directed against it , has been cited by other advocates of the rights of minorities . calhoun asserted that southern whites , outnumbered in the united states by voters of the more densely populated northern states , were one such minority deserving special protection in the legislature . calhoun also saw the increasing population disparity to be the result of corrupt northern politics . calhoun held major political offices , serving terms in the united states house of representatives , united states senate and as the seventh vice president of the united states -lrb- 1825 -- 1832 -rrb- , as well as secretary of war and state . he usually affiliated...
- jr/sr is united states senator- president is john quincy adams andrew jackson john tyler james monroe- birth name is john caldwell calhoun- party is democratic -lrb- 1839 -- 1850 -rrb-- predecessor is daniel hayne joseph calhoun tompkins abel upshur william crawford daniel huger robert- otherparty is democratic-republican 1839 -rrb- -lrb- before 1825 -rrb- nullifier -lrb- 1828 --- birth date is 18 march 1782- resting place is st. carolina , u.s. philip 's episcopal church in charleston , south- caption is john caldwell calhoun by mathew brady , 1849- death date is 31 march 1850- spouse is floride calhoun- office is 7th states secretary of state 10th united states secretary of war vice president of the united states 16th united- district is 6th- term end is december 4 , 1825 march 31 , 1850 march 4 , 28 1843 november 3 , 1817 , 1832 march 10 , 1845 march- death place is washington , d.c. , u.s.- birth place is abbeville , south carolina , u.s.- signature is john c calhoun signature.svg- successor is martin daniel huger eldred simkins van buren james buchanan james barbour franklin elmore- state is south carolina south carolina- alma mater is yale college tapping reeve law school- signature alt is cursive signature in ink- children is 10- term start is march 8 , 1817 november 26 , 1845 december 29 , 4 1832 march 4 , 1811 , 1825 april 1 , 1844 december- image is john c calhoun by mathew brady , 1849.jpg- religion is unitarianism , calvinism