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17 de may. de 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 ...
3 de ene. de 2022 · In His Own Words--John C. Breckinridge and the Battle of Stones River. After a promising day of battle on December 31, 1862, the Army of Tennessee faced a serious reversal on January 2, 1863, mostly due to the fact that Major General Rosecrans and his Union army did not retreat as hoped. The only major fighting to occur on January 2 was the ...
8 de may. de 2020 · Nearly four years after the Civil War ended at the expense of over half a million lives, John C. Breckinridge finally arrived home to Kentucky. The last time he set foot in his native state was February 1862, the war having taken him everywhere but Kentucky after that point. Crowds swarmed his train as it arrived at the station in Lexington, a trek that began weeks before as he crossed the ...
15 de mar. de 2023 · John C. Breckinridge (1821-1875) in 15 years (1850-1865) served as a Kentucky legislator, congressmen, U.S. senator, vice president of the United States under President James Buchanan, presidential candidate in 1860, brigadier general and then major general CSA, and secretary of war CSA, all before he was 45 years old.
John C. Breckinridge. Latest; Search. Search. Clear this text input. The Capitol Takeover That Wasn’t. In 1861, a pro-Southern mob wanted to block the tallying of electoral votes for Lincoln.
John Cabell Breckinridge 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. He was a member of the Democratic Party, and ran for president in 1860 as a Southern Democrat. He served in the U.S. Senate during the ...
John C. Breckinridge. (1821–75). When the Democratic party nominated James Buchanan of Pennsylvania for United States president in 1856, John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky was a natural choice for vice-president in order to balance the ticket between North and South. Once in office, however, the two were unable to fend off the country’s ...
