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John C. Breckinridge. Title Major General. War & Affiliation Civil War / Confederate. Date of Birth - Death January 16, 1821 – May 17, 1875. Born in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1821, John Cabell Breckinridge was a graduate of Centre College and later Transylvania Law School in 1845.
The man who came in second, the candidate who came closest in electoral votes to defeating Lincoln, was John C. Breckinridge, the standard-bearer of Southern Democrats. But for a split among the Democrats, Abraham Lincoln, who garnered much less than 50 percent of the popular vote, might not have placed first.
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.
John Breckinridge (born Dec. 2, 1760, Staunton, Va.—died Dec. 14, 1806, Lexington, Ky., U.S.) was a Kentucky politician who sponsored Thomas Jefferson’s Kentucky Resolutions, which, like James Madison’s Virginia Resolutions, advocated a states’ rights view of the Union.
John C. Breckinridge (1857–1861) John Cabell Breckinridge became the youngest vice president in United States history when he was elected with President James Buchanan in the 1856 election. Yet, the turbulence of the times and the American Civil War led him to become the second vice president (after Aaron Burr) to be accused of treason when ...
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.
United States Senator from Kentucky, March 4, 1861 – December 4, 1861. Confederate Secretary of War, February 6, 1865 – May 10, 1865. John C. Breckinridge ( Wikimedia commons) John Cabell Breckinridge was a prominent statesman and lawyer from Lexington, Kentucky.
