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John Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821 – May 17, 1875) was an American lawyer, politician, and soldier. He represented Kentucky in both houses of Congress and became the 14th and youngest-ever vice president of the United States. Serving from 1857 to 1861, he took office at the age of 36.
May 17, 2024 · John C. Breckinridge (born January 21, 1821, near Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.—died May 17, 1875, Lexington) was the 14th vice president of the United States (1857–61), an unsuccessful presidential candidate of Southern Democrats (November 1860), and a Confederate officer during the American Civil War (1861–65). Buchanan, James; Breckinridge ...
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John Cabell Breckinridge was born in Lexington, Kentucky, on January 16, 1821. His grandfather had served in the U.S. Senate and as attorney general under President Thomas Jefferson, and his father was a prominent lawyer and state politician. Breckinridge attended Centre College in Kentucky before studying law at Princeton. He then returned to Kent...
Breckinridge began his political career in 1849, when he won a seat in the Kentucky House of Representatives. In 1851 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat and served until 1855. During this time Breckinridge established himself as a leading Southern politician, known for his eloquent speeches on the House floor. His met...
Viewed as a traitor in the North, Breckinridge travelled to Virginia and offered his services to the Confederacy. Commissioned a brigadier general in November 1861, he was placed in command of the so-called “Orphan Brigade,” a Kentucky unit whose troops felt abandoned by their home state. Breckinridge commanded the Reserve Corps at the Battle of Sh...
Fearing capture by the Union Army, Breckinridge fled to Cuba at the end of the Civil War and then proceeded to the United Kingdom and Canada. Reunited with his family in Toronto, he then embarked on an extended tour of Europe. Breckinridge would remain in exile until 1869, when a presidential pardon allowed him to safely return to the United States...
Mar 16, 2024 · U.S. Vice-president John C. Breckinridge was an American political leader who represented Kentucky in the U.S. House and Senate before serving as a general officer in the Confederate Army and as the fifth, and final, Confederate Secretary of War.
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Jul 12, 2016 · Today, the Vice President who demurred on slavery and joined the Confederacy: John C. Breckinridge. As part of a continuing series this summer, Constitution Daily looks at Vice Presidential selections that had an impact on the Constitution.
In 1856, at the age of 34, he was elected the 14 th Vice President of the United States under James Buchanan. Breckinridge remains the youngest person ever elected to the Vice Presidency. 1860 presidential election broadside ( Library of Congress ).
John Cabell Breckinridge became the youngest vice president in United States history when he was elected with President James Buchanan in the 1856 election.
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