Calhoun, John Caldwell, 1782-1850

John Caldwell Calhoun served as Vice-President of the United States under two presidents, John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson from 1825-1832. He was born in the Abbeville District, South Carolina to Patrick Calhoun and Martha Caldwell Calhoun. He graduated from Yale in 1804, and studied law at Tapping Reeve Law School in Connecticut. He married Floride Bonneau Colhoun in 1811, and they had ten children. He served as Secretary of War from 1817-1825. Calhoun was a staunch proponent of slavery and promoted policies that benefitted white Southerners. Calhoun was buried at Saint Philip's Episcopal Church Cemetery in Charleston.