John C. Breckinridge

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American politician Confederate general Vice President of the United States human lawyer military officer

John C. Breckinridge was a 19th-century American politician who served as Vice President of the United States under James Buchanan and later became a Confederate general and the Confederate States' last Secretary of War.

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instanceOf American politician ⓘ
Confederate general ⓘ
Vice President of the United States ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
burialPlace Lexington Cemetery ⓘ
candidateIn 1860 United States presidential election ⓘ
surface form: United States presidential election, 1860
causeOfDeath cirrhosis of the liver ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1821-01-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1875-05-17 ⓘ
educatedAt Centre College ⓘ
Transylvania University ⓘ
endTime 1861-03-04 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scots-Irish American ⓘ
surface form: Scots-Irish Americans
familyName Breckinridge ⓘ
father Joseph Cabell Breckinridge Sr. ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
Southern Democrats ⓘ
surface form: Southern Democratic Party
militaryBranch Confederate States Army ⓘ
militaryRank Major General ⓘ
mother Mary Clay Smith Breckinridge ⓘ
notableFor being the youngest Vice President of the United States at his inauguration ⓘ
serving as the last Confederate States Secretary of War ⓘ
notableWork advocacy of Southern rights within the Democratic Party ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeContested President of the United States ⓘ
participatedIn American Civil War ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lexington, Kentucky ⓘ
placeOfDeath Lexington, Kentucky ⓘ
positionHeld Attorney General ⓘ
surface form: Attorney General of Kentucky

Confederate States Secretary of War ⓘ
Major General in the Confederate States Army ⓘ
Member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senator ⓘ
Vice President of the United States ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
represented Kentucky ⓘ
representedInCongressState Kentucky ⓘ
residence Lexington, Kentucky ⓘ
servedAsVicePresidentUnder James Buchanan ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
signature John C. Breckinridge signature ⓘ
spouse Mary Cyrene Burch Breckinridge ⓘ
startTime 1857-03-04 ⓘ

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Valley Campaigns of 1864 → commander → John C. Breckinridge ⓘ
Transylvania University → hasNotableAlumnus → John C. Breckinridge ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Breckinridge
Confederate military leadership → hasOfficeHolder → John C. Breckinridge ⓘ
Breckinridge County, Kentucky → namedAfter → John C. Breckinridge ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Breckinridge
Assistant Secretary of War → officeHeldBy → John C. Breckinridge ⓘ
Confederate States Cabinet → officeHeldBy → John C. Breckinridge ⓘ
Stephen A. Douglas → opponent → John C. Breckinridge ⓘ
Hannibal Hamlin → precededBy → John C. Breckinridge ⓘ
James Buchanan → vicePresident → John C. Breckinridge ⓘ