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Há 5 dias · With President Buchanan's support, Southern Democrats held their own convention, nominating Vice President John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky. The 1860 Constitutional Union Convention, which hoped to avoid the slavery issue entirely, nominated a ticket led by former Tennessee Senator John Bell.
Há 4 dias · These Southern Democrats held a separate convention that nominated incumbent Vice President John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky for president. A group of former Whigs and Know Nothings formed the Constitutional Union Party and nominated John Bell for president.
Há 2 dias · John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States under Buchanan. As he had promised in his inaugural address, Buchanan did not seek re-election. He went so far as to tell his ultimate successor, "If you are as happy in entering the White House as I shall feel on returning to Wheatland, you are a happy man." [115]
Há 4 dias · Lincoln received 40 percent of the vote, Douglas received 29 percent, and the southern Democrats, represented by John C. Breckinridge, received 18 percent. John C. Bell of the Constitutional Union received 12 percent of the vote. Of the 303 Electoral College votes, Lincoln received 180 and won the election convincingly.
Há 1 dia · On May 15, 1864, the historically significant Battle of New Market took place in which 257 cadets of Virginia Military Institute (VMI) were pressed into service by Confederate General John C. Breckinridge in a successful effort to delay the North’s march on Richmond, Virginia.
Há 2 dias · Vice president of the United States of America, officer next in rank to the president of the United States, who ascends to the presidency on the event of the president’s death, disability, resignation, or removal. The vice president also serves as the presiding officer of the U.S. Senate.
Há 4 dias · John C. Breckinridge, vice president of the United States in 1857–61, as well as the Confederate general John Hunt Morgan, members of the Todd family, and U.S. Senator Henry Clay, are buried in Lexington Cemetery. The homes of Clay, Morgan, and Mary Todd Lincoln are public shrines.
