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Hace 3 días · Sen. John Cabell Breckinridge. Former Senator for Kentucky. Breckinridge was a senator from Kentucky and was a Democrat. He served from 1861 to 1861. He was previously Vice President of the United States as a Democratic from 1857 to 1861; the representative for Kentucky ’s 8 th congressional district as a Democrat from 1853 to 1855;
Hace 2 días · John Witherspoon, President of the college (1768–94) and signer of the Declaration of Independence. In 1756, the college moved again to its present home in Princeton, New Jersey, because Newark was felt to be too close to New York. Princeton was chosen for its location in central New Jersey and by strong recommendation by Belcher.
Hace 2 días · Answer: John Witherspoon. Breckinridge's mother was the daughter of Princeton University president Samuel Smith, whose father-in-law was Witherspoon, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. 4. Upon the death of his father, Breckinridge, his mother and sisters went to live with his grandmother.
Hace 3 días · A Relic of the Old Log College. May 24, 2024. Receive our blog posts in your email by filling out the form at the bottom of this page. There is an intriguing reference in Archibald Alexander’s Biographical Sketches of the Founder, and Principal Alumni, of the Log College (1845), pp. 11-12, to what constitutes the sole surviving physical ...
Hace 4 días · Pro-Administration. The 1790–91 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between April 27, 1790, and October 11, 1791. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 2nd United States Congress convened on October 24, 1791.
Hace 2 días · Confederate States of America 1861–1865 Top: Flag (1861–1863) Bottom: Flag (1865) Seal (1863–1865) Motto: Deo vindice Under God, our Vindicator Anthem: God Save the South (unofficial) Dixie (popular, unofficial) March: The Bonnie Blue Flag Federal Union and Southern States The Confederate States in 1862 Territorial claims made and under partial control for a time Separated West Virginia ...
Hace 2 días · Breckenridge History. BRECKENRIDGE was laid out in the fall of 1856. The town was named after John C. Breckinridge who was a leading Democrat of Kentucky at the time and later became the Vice President of the United States with President James Buchanan.
