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They were considered to be perhaps the three most influential men in the pre-Civil War history. They represent what would now be considered to be the moderate, the right, and the left wing positions with regard to states rights. John Calhoun favored states rights, Daniel Webster was opposed, and Henry Clay was known as "the Great Compromiser".

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