Indeed. Awarded for his work in attempting to create a plan to structure German war reparations for WWI so that Germany could repair and stabilize its economy. The plan was rejected in favor of a harsher plan unfortunately.

That leaves Isssybird with 4 points and an insurmountable lead.

The reason Calhoun resigned the VP position was election to the Senate. I guess he agreed with John Garner Nance about the merits of being the VP.

John C. Breckinridge served as VP for James Buchanan and after was elected to the Senate, but left to become Secretary of War for the Confederacy.

Issybird up. Nice new avatar.