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  1. Signature. Military service. Allegiance. Thirteen Colonies. Branch/service. Virginia militia. Battles/wars. American Revolutionary War. John Breckinridge (December 2, 1760 – December 14, 1806) was an American lawyer, slave-owning planter, soldier, and politician in Virginia and Kentucky.

  2. 9 de nov. de 2009 · John C. Breckinridge (1821-1875) was a politician who served as the 14th vice president of the United States and as a Confederate general during the Civil War (1861-65). A native of...

  3. 24 de out. de 2022 · Historical Biography. Attorney General: John Breckinridge. Breckinridge, John. 5th Attorney General, 1805 - 1806. Download Image. John Breckinridge was born in Augusta County, near Staunton, Virginia, on December 2, 1760. He studied at what is now Washington and Lee University and at the College of William and Mary.

  4. John Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821 – May 17, 1875) was an American lawyer, politician, and soldier. He represented Kentucky in both houses of Congress and became the 14th and youngest-ever vice president of the United States. Serving from 1857 to 1861, he took office at the age of 36.

  5. 17 de mai. de 2024 · John C. Breckinridge (born January 21, 1821, near Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.—died May 17, 1875, Lexington) was the 14th vice president of the United States (1857–61), an unsuccessful presidential candidate of Southern Democrats (November 1860), and a Confederate officer during the American Civil War (1861–65). Buchanan, James ...

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  6. Elected to the U.S. Senate, he became an outspoken champion of the West during his tenure as a senator (1801–05). He solidly backed the purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803. In 1805 he resigned his Senate seat to become attorney general of the United States .

  7. Breckinridge's senatorial career came to an end when he was appointed to President Thomas Jefferson's cabinet, assuming the duties of U.S. attorney general in 1805. Breckinridge died the next year, on December 14, 1806, near Lexington, Kentucky.