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John Cabell Breckinridge was an American politician who served as the 14th vice president of the United States, with President James Buchanan, from 1857 to 1861, and as a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Assuming office at the age of 36, Breckinridge is the youngest vice president in U.S. history. He was also the Southern Democratic candidate in the 1860 presidential…
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politics · Vice President of the United States from 1857 to 1861 · politician · lawyer · university teacher · military personnel · military officer · also John C. Breckinridge, John Breckinridge, J. C. Breckinridge, John Cabell Breckinridge, Breckinridge
Born 16 January 1821 · Died 17 May 1875 · Q273212
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“if [the attack] should result in disaster and I be among the killed, I want you to do justice to my memory and tell the people that I believed this attack to be very unwise and tried to prevent it.”
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“I trust I have the courage to lead a forlorn hope.”
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“s host for the unmarried president. Feeling slighted by the response, Breckinridge refused to carry out these instructions; later, three of Buchanan”
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“I felt as I would have done if I had heard that my daughter had been dishonored.”
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The Louisville Courier Journal declared that it was Breckinridge who was "truly representative of the rebellion as an actual force and its underlying causes
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Died 1875-05-17.
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Supported passage of a state statute which successfully legalized black testimony against whites in court
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Presented his case to the House and Senate railroad committees; although they rejected it at that time, they approved it two years later
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Made several stops to visit family and friends, arriving in Lexington on March 9
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That it appeared likely that Johnson would issue a general pardon for all former Confederates; he advised Breckinridge to return to the U
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The Louisville City Council instructed the state's congressional delegation to seek assurance that Breckinridge would not be prosecuted on his return
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Breckinridge returned to Kentucky, but resisted all encouragement to resume his political career
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In Madison, Florida, he was joined by fellow fugitive John Taylor Wood, who had been a captain in the Confederate Navy
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Career landmark: Confederate States Secretary of War (1865–1865).
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At the First Battle of Saltville, his troops were able to protect critical Confederate salt works from United States forces under Stephen G
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Philip Sheridan forced their retreat at the Third Battle of Winchester
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Breckinridge took leave in Richmond
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Beginning the Battle of Stones River, Bragg's main force initially repelled the attack
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By advancing North from his base in Corinth, Mississippi
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Breckinridge was promoted to major general, and in October, he was assigned to the Army of Mississippi under Braxton Bragg
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Having officially enlisted in the Confederate army days earlier
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The last day of the session, Breckinridge swore in Hannibal Hamlin as his successor as vice president
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Career landmark: United States senator (1861–1861).
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Was asked to deliver the final address in the Old Senate Chamber; in the speech, he expressed his desire that the Congress find a solution that would preserve the Union
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Was elected to succeed Senator John J
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Senator James Henry Hammond of South Carolina reported to a friend that Breckinridge was seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, but as late as January 1860, Breckinridge told family members that he had no desire
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Breckinridge was the youngest vice president in U
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Career landmark: Vice President of the United States (1857–1861).
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Career landmark: board member (1857–1861).
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Telling Pierce only that his decision was "of a private and domestic nature
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Pierce authorized two successive investigations of Gorman, but failed to uncover any wrongdoing that would justify his removal
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Made his re-election unlikely, he declined to run for another term
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From charges leveled by proponents of the Young America movement that he was too old and had not made his stance on slavery clear
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Three days before the end of the session, Breckinridge took a leave of absence to care for his son, John Milton, who had become ill; he died on March 18
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Some local Democrats encouraged him to seek the Eighth District's congressional seat, but he declined, supporting Alexander Keith Marshall, the party's unsuccessful nominee
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Received a Bachelor of Laws and was licensed to practice the next day
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His mother, his sister Laetitia, and he moved to Danville, Kentucky, to live with his sister Frances and her husband, John C
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Born 1821-01-16.
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The fourth of six children and only son of Joseph "Cabell" Breckinridge from the Breckinridge family and Mary Clay (Smith) Breckinridge
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