USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -He served two terms as Vice President: in 1825 under John Quincy Adams and again in 1829 under Andrew Jackson. He resigned the position of Vice President in 1832 and returned to South Carolina as a Senator, a position he held for the following 11 years.

Detailed explanation-2: -Champion of states’ rights. Calhoun was elected vice president in 1824 under John Quincy Adams and was reelected in 1828 under Andrew Jackson.

Detailed explanation-3: -Calhoun was an early candidate for president in 1824 but dropped out and sought the vice presidency instead. Although he publicly backed Tennessee’s Andrew Jackson for president, his vice presidential candidacy received endorsements from both Jackson supporters and those of John Quincy Adams.

Detailed explanation-4: -For vice president, the National Republicans nominated John Sergeant, who had served as an attorney for both the Second Bank of the United States and the Cherokee Nation.

Detailed explanation-5: -The biography for President Van Buren and past presidents is courtesy of the White House Historical Association. Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States (1837-1841), after serving as the eighth Vice President and the tenth Secretary of State, both under President Andrew Jackson.