Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Summer 1992
Department 1
History
Abstract
In 1832 a long-standing boundary dispute between New York and New Jersey complicated the work of Chief Justice John Marshall and President Andrew Jackson. Long reviled by southern states' rights advocates, including the president, Marshall in 1832 faced the prospect of having the Court's decisions ignored by the state of Georgia. Federal authority was further challenged in the fall of 1832, when South Carolina nullified the tariff of 1828, thereby provoking a constitutional crisis. On December 10, 1832, to the amazement of many observers, Jackson issued a proclamation rejecting nullification and secession, and threatening military action if South Carolina did not change its course.
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Recommended Citation
Birkner, Michael J. The New York-New Jersey Boundary Controversy: John Marshall and the Nullification Crisis. Journal of the Early Republic. 1992. 12(2): 195-212.
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