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South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun replaced Abel Upshur when Upshur was killed in an explosion on the USS Princeton. Calhoun was in favor of annexing Texas.

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Abel Upshur was replaced by John C.Calhoun, the famous senator from SC.

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