jan 1, 1832 - 1832 - After South Carolina led by John C. Calhoun, the Vice President, threatened to nullify the tariff of 1828, Jackson used executive power to order the military on South Carolina, threatening to hang Calhoun himself. This show of executive power to mollify a state was unprecedented, but established the supremacy of the national government, and specifically the executive, over any individual state or collection thereof. It likely prevented war for the time being.
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jan 1, 1832
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