| LC control no. | n 85185549 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875 |
| Variant(s) | Breckinridge, John Cabell, 1821-1875 Breckenridge, John Cabell, 1821-1875 |
| Birth date | 1821-01-16 |
| Death date | 1875-05-17 |
| Place of birth | Lexington (Ky.) |
| Place of death | Lexington (Ky.) |
| Affiliation | Centre College (Danville, Ky. : 1819-1901) Confederate States of America. Army. Kentucky Infantry Regiment, 3rd Kentucky. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Confederate States of America. War Department Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Soldiers Vice-Presidents |
| Found in | NUCMC data from LC Mss. Div. for Custis-Lee family papers, 1711-1924 (John C. Breckinridge) DAB, 1929 (Breckinridge, John Cabell (1821-1875), soldier, statesman; b. Lexington, Ky.; s. Joseph Cabell and Mary Clay Smith B.; v.p. under Buchanan, 1857-61; senator from Ky., 1861; helped to organize provision gov. of Ky. (Confederate); appt. brig-gen. in Confederate Army; m. Mary C. Burch, 1843; d. Lexington, Ky.) LC data base 2-9-87 (hdg.: Breckinridge, John Cabell, 1821-1875) MWA/NAIP files (hdg.: Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875; variant: John Cabell Breckenridge) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, January 11, 2018 (Breckinridge, John Cabell, (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; attended Pisgah Academy, Woodford County, Ky.; graduated from Centre College, Danville, Ky., in 1838; later attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University); studied law in the Transylvania Institute, Lexington, Ky.; admitted to the bar in 1840; moved to Burlington, Iowa, but soon returned and began practice in Lexington, Ky.; major of the Third Kentucky Volunteers during the Mexican War in 1847 and 1848; member, State house of representatives 1849; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855); was not a candidate for renomination in 1854; was tendered the mission to Spain by President Franklin Pierce, but declined; elected Vice President of the United States in 1856 on the Democratic ticket with James Buchanan as President; unsuccessful candidate for President in 1860; elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1861, to December 4, 1861, when he was expelled for support of the rebellion; entered the Confederate Army during the Civil War as brigadier general and soon became a major general; Secretary of War in the Cabinet of the Confederate States from January until April 1865; resided in Europe until 1868; returned to Lexington, Ky., and resumed the practice of law; vice president of the Elizabethtown, Lexington Big Sandy Railroad Co.; died in Lexington, Ky., May 17, 1875; interment in Lexington Cemetery) |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | n 84123105 nr 92011921 |
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