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	John C. Breckinridge
		John Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821 - May 17, 1875) was a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky and a Vice President of the United States.
		Breckinridge was born at "Cabell's Dale", near Lexington, Kentucky.
		Breckinridge was a major of the Third Kentucky Volunteers during the Mexican-American War in 1847 and 1848.
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	JOHN CABELL BRECKINRIDGE - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN CABELL BRECKINRIDGE
		His grandfather, John Breckinridge (1760-1806), who revised Jeffersons draft of the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798, was a United States senator from Kentucky in.
		Missions, and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (1800-1871), for several years superintendent of public instruction in Kentucky, an important factor in the organization of the public school system of the state, a professor from 1853 to 1871 in the Danville Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Danville, Kentucky, and the temporary chairman.
		Another cousin, Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1842), served on the Union side in the Civil War, was a major-general of volunteers during the Spanish-American War (1898), became a major-general in.
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	AllRefer.com - John Cabell Breckinridge (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		John Cabell Breckinridge 1821–75, Vice President of the United States (1857–61) and Confederate general, b.
		Lexington, Ky. A lawyer, Breckinridge served in the Kentucky legislature (1849–51) and in the House of Representatives (1851–55).
		Breckinridge claimed that no power existed in the federal or local government to restrict slavery in any area while it was in territorial status.
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	John C. Breckinridge - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		John Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821–May 17, 1875) was a lawyer, U.S. Representative, Senator from Kentucky, the fourteenth Vice President of the United States, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.
		Breckinridge saw that further resistance on the part of the Confederacy was useless and worked to lay the groundwork for an honorable surrender, even while President Jefferson Davis fiercely desired to continue the fight.
		Breckinridge feared that he would be put on trial for treason by the United States government and resolved to flee the country.
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	Breckinridge Biographies 1
		She was a granddaughter of John Witherspoon and a lineal descendant of John Knox, and with five children, four daughters, Letitia, Mary, Frances, Caroline, and one son, John Cabell, survived her husband.
		Breckinridge, Sophonisba Preston,.educator, social worker, and social reformer, was born in Lexington, KY., April 1, 1866, daughter of William Campbell Preston and Issa (Desha) Breckinridge.
		Breckinridge was admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1893 and from that year until 1900 was a member of and associated of the law firm of Breckinridge and Shelby, in which his father was senior.
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	John C. Breckinridge -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Breckinridge was a major of the Third Kentucky Volunteers during the (Click link for more info and facts about Mexican-American War) Mexican-American War in 1847 and 1848.
		Breckinridge did not run for reelection, and instead was nominated as (A person appointed to a high office in the government) Minister to (A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power) Spain by President (14th President of the United States (1804-1869)) Franklin Pierce, but declined.
		Breckinridge feared prosecution by the Union and fled to (A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War) Florida after the surrender.
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	Encyclopedia: John-C.-Breckinridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Breckinridge continued to try to persuade Davis that further resistance would only lead to greater loss of life, but he also felt honor bound to protect the President from harm.
		John Nance Garner John Nance Cactus Jack Garner (November 22, 1868 â€“; November 7, 1967) was a Representative from Texas and the thirty-second Vice President of the United States.
		John Nance Cactus Jack Garner (November 22, 1868–November 7, 1967) was a Representative from Texas and the thirty-second Vice President of the United States.
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	John Cabell Breckinridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		John Breckinridge was one of the rare political generals who was good at both.
		Breckinridge was the candidate of the Southern Democrats, and came in second in the Electoral College (winning the Deep South, but also Maryland and Delaware but not his home state, nor Virginia and Tennessee) but third in the popular vote.
		Breckinridge resumed command of the Department of Western Virginia, and added East Tennessee to his responsibilities (both September 1864) but there was little he could mobilize to support Early against Sheridan’s Valley Campaign.
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	The Breckinridge Family Papers (Library of Congress)
		Although Breckinridge was trained as a lawyer and engaged in legal practice for the first six years of his career, the death of two of his children and the sudden decline in his own health caused him to turn to religion.
		Mary Desha, William C. Breckinridge's sister-in-law, was one of three founders of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the greater part of her manuscripts relate to that organization for the period 1894-1910.
		The greater part of Sophonisba P. Breckinridge's correspondence dates from 1933 to 1948, for although she retired as professor of public welfare at the University of Chicago in 1933, she continued to use her office at the university to correspond and work for the passage of social legislation until her death.
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	John Cabell Breckenridge
		He was a grandson of John Breckenridge, United States senator and attorney general, was educated at Centre College, Danville, studied law at the Transylvania institute, and, after a short residence in Burlington, Iowa, settled at Lexington, where he practiced his profession with success.
		John Cabell Breckinridge, who was born in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1821.
		John Cabell Breckinridge was born near Lexington, Kentucky on January 21, 1821.
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	UVa Special Collections Library: Cabell Family Papers
		The following year, 1850, Breckinridge was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat and began his career in the federal government.
		Throughout the escalating sectional conflict during the Buchanan administration, Breckinridge expressed sympathy with Southern interpretations of the Constitution--and maintained for example, that slaveowners should be able to carry their property in persons into any United States territory--but argued against secession and was extremely pessimistic about the viability of an independent Southern Confederacy.
		Fleeing Washington in September 1861, Breckinridge volunteered in the Confederate Army and received from President Davis a commission as a brigadier general on 3 November 1861.
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	Amazon.com: Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol (Southern Biography Series): Books: William C. Davis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		John C. Breckinridge was one of the most notable politicians of the 1850's, a confederate general serving in all theaters of the war, and a member of Jefferson Davis cabinet, playing a key role in negotiating the terms of surrender.
		But Breckinridge thives later as an independent commander in an undermaned and threatened theater of southwestern VA. He consolidates his troops and wins one of the souths last great, although small, battles at New Market that is forever associated with the valor of the VMI cadets who supported the final charge.
		Breckinridge was in the center of the military and the government throughout the last year to its final collapse.
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	The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Breckinridge
		Great-grandson of John Breckinridge; grandson of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge; son of John Cabell Breckinridge.
		Grandson of John Breckinridge; son of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge and Mary (Smith) Breckinridge; nephew of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; cousin of
		Grandson of John Breckinridge; nephew of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge; son of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; son-in-law of
	politicalgraveyard.com /bio/breckinridge.html (940 words)

	John C. Breckinridge
		An American lawyer and statesman, John C. Breckinride was born near Lexington, Kentucky on January 15, 1821.
		In 1849, Breckinridge entered politics as a member of the Kentucky legislature and two years later was elected to the United States House of Representatives.
		Extremely cautious, Breckinridge avoided sectional controversy, but he held that slavery could not constitutionally be excluded from a territory.
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		Breckinridge was elected vice president of the U.S. in 1856 on the Democratic ticket with James Buchanan.
		Breckinridge’s military career was tainted from time to time by his fondness for the bottle.
		Breckinridge is best known for his tremendous victory over superior forces at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864.
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	JOHN CABELL BRECKINRIDGE, CSA
		John Cabell Breckinridge was born on January 15, 1821, in Lexington, Kentucky.
		Breckinridge was not a secessionist, but was identified with some of his Southern extremist supporters.
		The war having taken its toll on Breckinridge, he died at the age of 54, on May 17, 1875, at his home in Lexington, Kentucky.
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	John Cabell Breckinridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Descended from an old Kentucky family distinguished in law and politics, Breckinridge, an attorney, began his political career in 1849 as a member of the state legislature.
		Breckinridge insisted that he was not anti-Union, but held that slavery could be banned in a territory only after it had become a state.
		In the final months of the war, Breckinridge served as Confederate Secretary of War, and at the end of hostilities he fled to England.
	www.breckinridge.com /JCBbio.htm (397 words)

	The Presidents' Project - Lincoln - Elections
		In 1860, Abraham Lincoln, John Cabell Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Arnold Douglas ran for U.S. presidency.
		John Cabell Breckinridge had 18.1 percent and John Bell had 12.6 percent of votes.
		The Secretary of the Interior of the United States was Caleb B. Smith from 1861 through 1863 and John P. Usher from 1863 through 1865.
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	Generals in Gray: Breckinridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		But Breckinridge was popular and highly respected as a statesman and military commander; he also had the will to stand up to Davis.
		John Cabell Breckinridge was born near Lexington, Kentucky, on January 15, 1821.
		Breckinridge commanded the Reserve Corps at Shiloh and served with distinction at Murfreesboro (Stones River), Chickamauga and Chattanooga in 1863.
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	Major General John C. Breckinridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Major General John C. Breckinridge was sent to Louisiana in July, 1862 to regain control of southeastern Louisiana.
		However, Breckinridge was ordered to Kentucky, and on August 18 he turned the command over to Ruggles, and left the next day.
		John Cabell Breckinridge, born 16 Jan 1821, was a Kentuckian who had been a successful politician before the war.
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	John C. Breckinridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		John Cabell Breckinridge (1821-1875) was vice president of the United States and, later, a Confederate general in the American Civil War.
		Breckinridge served as vice president from 1857 to 1861, under President James Buchanan.
		Breckinridge came in second in the four-candidate presidential election, losing to Republican Abraham Lincoln.
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	Breckinridge
		John Cabell "Bunny" Breckinridge descent of the Breckinridges:
		She was a granddaughter of John Witherspoon and a lineal descendant of
		John Cabell "Bunny" Breckinridge descent of the Tevis:
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		John Cabell Breckinridge was born near Lexington, Kentucky.
		Breckinridge believed that the federal government did not have the right to restrict slavery; the Democratic Party was split over this issue and the southern faction nominated Breckenridge as their presidential candidate in the election of 1860.
		Breckinridge never advocated the secession of the South and worked to achieve a compromise between the North and South before President Lincoln's inauguration.
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	Joseph C. Breckindridge Jr.: Boyhood clothes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A nephew of Vice President Breckinridge, Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1842-1920), was a Major General, but fought for the Union in the Civil War.
		His father, a minister, was one of the most distinguished devines and one of the most prolific writers of the century; a leader of the Kentucky emancipation party in 1849; and a strong Union man in 1861 at the outbreak of the Civil War.
		Breckinridge was married to Louise Ludlow of Lexington, Kentucky in July of 1868.
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	M73 Breckinridge (John Cabell) Dispatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		John C. Breckinridge (1821-1875) of Kentucky served as Vice President of the United States, 1857-1851, and as a member of the U.S. Senate, 1861.
		He entered the Confederate Army in 1861 and was appointed brigadier general in November under the command of Albert Sydney Johnston at Bowling Green, Kentucky.
		This dispatch was apparently written in response to a request for information on Union movements sent by Brewster to Breckinridge dated March 24, 1862, and published in the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series I, vol.
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	Breckinridge, John. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Augusta co., Va; grandfather of John Cabell Breckinridge.
		Breckinridge also prepared the stronger resolutions passed in the Kentucky legislature the next year in answer to criticisms of the earlier resolutions.
		In the U.S. Senate (1801–5) he was a leading spokesman of Western interests and played an important role in the passage of legislation bringing about the Louisiana Purchase.
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	UVa Special Collections Library: Cabell Family Papers
		Since the arrival of William Cabell in Virginia in about 1726, many generations of Cabells have left their mark on the state and nation.
		Below are links to a genealogy of the first three generations of Cabells in the New World, and to biographies of several of the most renowned members of that family.
		Additional biographies are available for close friends of the Cabell family, such as Thomas Jefferson and John Hartwell Cocke, and for prominent twentieth-century Cabells, including James Branch Cabell and Margaret Cabell Self.
	www.lib.virginia.edu /small/collections/cabell/biographies (166 words)

	John C. Breckinridge
		The American soldier and politician John C. Breckinridge was born near Lexington, Kentucky, on the 21st of January 1821.
		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 1801-5 and Attorney General in President Jefferson's cabinet in 1805-6.
		He succeeded John J. Crittenden as United States Senator from Kentucky in March 1861, but having subsequently entered the Confederate service he was expelled from the Senate in December 1861.
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