MurphyTown Facts Haiku Irish Jokes Laws Legends News Photos Poems Proverbs Quotes Yin Photos Index Search Post Prev Image Image 1154 of 1193 Next Image John C. Calhoun A major figure in American politics for 40 years. Calhoun served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and Senate. He also served as secretary of war and secretary of state and as vice-president under John Quincy Adams. On December 28, 1832, John C. Calhoun becomes the first U.S. vice president to resign from office, citing political differences with President Andrew Jackson and a desire to fill a vacant Senate seat in South Carolina. Hulton Deutsch Random Image NASA's X-43A Scramjet Sets Air Speed Record Explanation: Using oxygen from the air itself, a NASA experimental jet propelled itself past Mach 7 in t... The Flight Of Helios Explanation: An example of solar-powered flight, NASA's Helios aircraft flew almost one hundred years after the Wright brothers... Massive Star Forming Region DR21 in Infrared Explanation: Deep in the normally hidden recesses of giant molecular cloud DR21, a stellar nursery has ... What do you think of this Image? Vote Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down. Reputation: 0 / Feedback: 0  Site Content compiled in Asheville, NC / Web Hosting by Gigfoot