OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
John Caldwell Calhoun

BORN:
March 18, 1782
Abbeville, South Carolina

DIED:
March 31, 1850 (age 68)
Washington, DC

EDUCATION:
Yale College (1804)

POLITICAL PARTIES:
Democratic-Republican
Nullifier
Democrat 

HIGHLIGHTS:
1807:
Admitted to the South Carolina Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Abbeville, South Carolina 
1808-1809:
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
1811-1817:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
1817-1825:
U.S. Secretary of War
1825-1832:
Vice President of the United States 
1832-1843:
U.S. Senator from South Carolina
1844-1845:
U.S. Secretary of State
1845-1850:
U.S. Senator from South Carolina

SOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Senate Historical Office
Library of Congress
Department of State
Clemson University
Wikipedia