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Hace 2 días · 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.
- 1847–1848 (U.S.), 1861–1865 (C.S.)
17 de abr. de 2024 · In both cities, southern Democrats nominated John Breckinridge of Kentucky for president and Joseph Lane of Oregon for vice president. Southerners favoring secession cheered the party split, paving the way toward the breakup of the Union with Lincoln’s election. —Eric C. Sands.
Hace 1 día · With President Buchanan's support, Southern Democrats held their own convention, nominating Vice President John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky. The 1860 Constitutional Union Convention, which hoped to avoid the slavery issue entirely, nominated a ticket led by former Tennessee Senator John Bell.
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Hace 4 días · The Democratic Party split between two wings – Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois and Vice President John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky – nominally because of unbridgeable divisions over a Congressional slave code but really a culmination of Southern distrust of Stephen Douglas and his tepid commitment to prioritize the protection ...
3 de may. de 2024 · Confederate forces under John C. Breckinridge—a Mexican War veteran, former U.S. vice president under James Buchanan, and a Democratic Party candidate for president in 1860 —raced to meet a threat in the Shenandoah Valley from Union general Franz Sigel.
Hace 5 días · In 1860 the Democrats split over the slavery issue, as the Northern and Southern wings of the party nominated different candidates (Stephen A. Douglas and John C. Breckinridge, respectively); the election that year also included John Bell, the nominee of the Constitutional Union Party.
6 de may. de 2024 · 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;
