John C. Breckinridge

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John C. Breckinridge
14th Vice-President of the United States
Term of office
March 4, 1857 - March 4, 1861
Political party Democratic
President James Buchanan
Preceded by William R. King
Succeeded by Hannibal Hamlin
Born January 16, 1821
Lexington, Kentucky
Died May 17, 1875 (aged 54)
Lexington, Kentucky
Spouse Mary Cyrene Burch Breckinridge

John C. Brekinridge was James Buchannan's Vice President from 1857 to 1861. He joined the confederates and served as Secretary of War under Jefferson Davis. He fled to Cuba and later to England after the south lost. He returned to the United States in 1868 to practice law. [1]

References

  1. ↑ Fandex, Workman Publishing, 2002.


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