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Hace 3 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.)
Hace 3 días · John C. Breckinridge: Party Republican: Southern Democratic: Home state Illinois: Kentucky: Running mate Hannibal Hamlin: Joseph Lane: Electoral vote 180: 72 States carried 18: 11 Popular vote 1,865,908: 848,019 Percentage 39.8%: 18.1%
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Hace 1 día · When Douglas was selected as the candidate of the Northern Democrats, delegates from eleven slave states walked out of the Democratic convention; they opposed Douglas's position on popular sovereignty, and selected incumbent Vice President John C. Breckinridge as their candidate.
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;
Hace 1 día · Major-General John C. Breckinridge’s makeshift Confederate army left Staunton on the morning of May 13 to join forces with Brigadier-General John D. Imboden’s cavalry at New Market. Imboden dispersed Federal cavalry commands at Front Royal and New Market, inflicting about 150 casualties and putting 800 enemy troopers out of action in the two combined engagements.
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 of slavery.
Hace 14 horas · 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.
