Calhoun outlined the principles of the party in his South Carolina Exposition and Protest (1828), a reaction to the "Tariff of Abominations" passed by Congress and signed into law by President John Quincy Adams.
[citation needed] The Nullifier Party operated almost exclusively in South Carolina.
John Floyd was supported by the Nullifier Party in the 1832 presidential election, and he received South Carolina's 11 votes in the electoral college.
The party's candidate for Vice President was the Massachusetts-based political economist Henry Lee.
[2] After President Andrew Jackson left office, Calhoun and most of his followers rejoined the Democratic Party.