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| January 6, 1832 | New England Anti-Slavery Society founded | |
| January 11, 1832 | During a regular session of the Virginia legislature, a two week debate began on the abolition of slavery. Pro-abolition forces suffered because they could not agree on a plan for gradual abolition | |
| March 9, 1832 | Abraham Lincoln announces his candidacy for the Illinois House | Illinois |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| April 5, 1832 | Claiming to want to raise corn 2,000 Blackhawk Indians, including women and children, cross the Mississippi into Illinois. | Illinois |
| April 8, 1832 | James Buchanan leaves New York to become U. S. Foreign Minister to Russia | |
| James Buchanan | ||
| May 14, 1832 | Some militia under Col. Zachary Taylor attack Blackhawk Indians coming to discuss a truce. The Blackhawk kill 12 settlers. | |
| Zachary Taylor | ||
| May 21, 1832 | Democratic-Republicans hold a convention in Baltimore, nominating Andrew Jackson for President and Martin Van Buren for Vice-President. | Maryland |
| Election of 1832 | ||
| Andrew Jackson | ||
| Martin Van Buren | ||
| Democratic Party | ||
| June 25, 1832 | Battle of Kellogg's Grove (Blackhawk War) | Illinois |
| July 10, 1832 | Lincoln's militia unit is mustered out, ending his involvement in the Blackhawk War | Illinois |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| July 10, 1832 | Andrew Jackson vetoes the Second National Bank Renewal Act with a list of economic and constitutional objections | |
| Andrew Jackson | ||
| July 14, 1832 | Tariff bill reduces the most of the abominations of the Tariff of 1828, but the protective features remained intact. It is set to go into effect on March 4, 1833 | |
| Nullification Crisis | ||
| August 1, 1832 | Alexander Stephens graduates from Franklin College, Athens, Georgia (now part of UGA) | Georgia |
| Alexander Stephens | ||
| August 6, 1832 | Abraham Lincoln is defeated in a run for the Illinois House | Illinois |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| October 22, 1832 | Governor Hamilton convenes a special session of the legislature, which votes to hold a convention following the upcoming Presidential election on the issue of nullification. | South Carolina |
| Nullification Crisis | ||
| November 6, 1832 | Democratics Andrew Jackson and Martin van Buren defeat National Republicans Henry Clay and John Sergeant in Jackson's last presidential race. Two other men, John Floyd Sr. and William Wirt, also garner a few electoral votes | |
| Election of 1832 | ||
| Democratic Party | ||
| November 19, 1832 November 24, 1832 |
Meeting in Columbia, John C. Calhoun and the Nullification convention formulates plans to usurp federal authority. They adopt an Ordinance of Nullification declaring the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 "...null, void and no law." | South Carolina |
| John C. Calhoun | ||
| Robert Barnwell Rhett | ||
| November 22, 1832 | General Winfield Scott assumes command of Fort Moultrie with orders to prevent federal property from falling into the hand of the nullifiers | South Carolina |
| November 24, 1832 | The South Carolina legislature votes to no longer collect the Tariff of Abominations and the Tariff of 1832. | South Carolina |
| Nullification Crisis | ||
| December 10, 1832 | Andrew Jackson issues a proclaimation calling the South Carolina nullification convention "impractical absurdity" | South Carolina |
| December 18, 1832 | James Buchanan negotiates a commerce treaty with Russia | |
| James Buchanan |
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