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(grandson of John Breckinridge, father of Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, and cousin of Henry Donnel Foster), a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky and a Vice President of the United States; born at ‘Cabell’s Dale,’ near Lexington, Ky., January 16, 1821;
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(brother of James Breckinridge, grandfather of John Cabell Breckinridge and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge, great-grandfather of Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, great-great-grandfather of John Bayne Breckinridge, cousin of John Brown, James Brown, and Francis Preston), a Senator from Kentucky;
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John C. Breckinridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Breckinridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Breckinridge or Breckenridge may refer to: •John Breckinridge (Attorney General), United States Senator and Attorney General •John C. Breckinridge (1821–1875), U.S. Representative and Senator,...
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AKA John Caleb Breckinridge ... His grandfather, John Breckinridge (1760-1806), who revised Thomas Jefferson's draft of the "Kentucky Resolutions" of 1798, was a United States Senator from Kentucky in 1801-05 and Attorney General in President Jefferson's cabinet in 1805-06. His uncles, John Breckinridge (1797-1841),
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BRECKINRIDGE, John Cabell, vice-president of the United States, born near Lexington, Kentucky, 21 Jan., 1821; ... You are in: Virtual War Museum >> US Civil War Hall >> John Breckinridge ... Breckinridge, John Cabell; ... A fundraising program that gives a percentage of every purchase to your school.
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VP John Breckinridge ... The only vice president ever to take up arms against the government of the United States, John Cabell Breckinridge completed four years as vice president under James Buchanan, ran for president as the Southern Democratic candidate in 1860, and then returned to the Senate to lead the remnants of...
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Breckinridge was in command of the Confederate forces during the battle of New Market, Virginia, which featured the famous charge of the VMI Corps of Cadets. Breckinridge served as ... William Sherman and Joseph Johnston. Cause of death: Cirrhosis of the liver & lung disease; Search Amazon for John Breckinridge...
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The Honorable JOHN BRECKINRIDGE, [for whom this county was named], was the second son of Colonel Robert Breckinridge, of Augusta county, Virginia, and was born on a farm, upon a part of which the town of Staunton now stands, on the 2d day of December, 1760. His paternal ancestors were what were then called "Scotch...
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John Cabell Breckenridge was born near Lexington, Kentucky. He studied law at Transylvania University and after graduating he set up as a lawyer. ... The situation was further complicated by the formation of the Constitutional Union Party and the nomination of John Bell of Tennessee.
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