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John Cabell Breckinridge (* 16. Januar 1821 in Lexington, Kentucky; † 17. Mai 1875 ebenda) war Offizier des US-Heeres, Vizepräsident der Vereinigten Staaten und Senator für den Bundesstaat Kentucky. Im Amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg war er General im konföderierten Heer .
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.
17. Mai 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 ...
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9. Nov. 2009 · John C. Breckinridge was a Kentucky politician who served as the 14th vice president of the United States under James Buchanan and as a Confederate general during the Civil War. He ran for president in 1860, fled to the South after Kentucky seceded, and fought in several major battles before becoming the final Confederate secretary of war in 1865.
John Cabell Breckinridge (* 16. Januar 1821 in Lexington, Kentucky; † 17. Mai 1875 ebenda) war Offizier des US-Heeres, Vizepräsident der Vereinigten Staaten und Senator für den Bundesstaat Kentucky. Im Amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg war er General im konföderierten Heer. John C. Breckinridge.
John Breckinridge was the youngest vice president ever and the second former vice president to be accused of treason. He ran for president in 1860 as the Southern Democrat, but lost to Abraham Lincoln by a narrow margin.
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.
