Nullifier Party

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The Nullifier Party was a short-lived 19th-century U.S. political party centered in South Carolina that championed states’ rights and the doctrine that states could nullify federal laws they deemed unconstitutional.

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instanceOf defunct political party
political party
activeIn 19th century
associatedWith George McDuffie
James Hamilton Jr.
linked to: James Hamilton

John C. Calhoun
Robert Y. Hayne
characterizedAs minor party in U.S. politics
sectional party
short-lived
coreDoctrine defense of slavery as a state institution
states may nullify federal laws deemed unconstitutional
strict construction of the U.S. Constitution
country United States
emergedFrom states' rights faction of Democratic-Republicans
foundedInPeriod Jacksonian era
goal protect Southern economic interests
protect slavery from perceived federal encroachment
secure recognition of state power to veto federal laws
hadStrongholdIn South Carolina legislature
historicalContext Nullification Crisis
ideology nullification
pro-slavery politics
states' rights
influenced later secessionist thought in the American South
influencedBy Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
compact theory of the Union
issueFocus Tariff of 1828
Tariff of 1832
opposition to protective tariffs
tariff policy
locatedIn South Carolina
opposed expansion of federal power
federal tariff policy
opposedBy Andrew Jackson
Jacksonian Democrats
linked to: Jacksonian Party
politicalPosition far-right
region American South
succeededBy Southern Democrats
Southern Rights Party
linked to: American Party
supported greater autonomy for slaveholding states
supportedBy John C. Calhoun

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John C. Calhoun memberOfPoliticalParty Nullifier Party
John C. Calhoun memberOfPoliticalParty Nullifier Party
subject linked to: John