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Hace 1 día · In 1860 the Democrats split over the slavery issue, as the Northern and Southern wings of the party nominated different candidates (Stephen A. Douglas and John C. Breckinridge, respectively); the election that year also included John Bell, the nominee of the Constitutional Union Party.
Hace 3 días · John C. Breckinridge (D) Expelled December 4, 1861, for supporting the rebellion. Successor was elected. Garrett Davis (U) December 23, 1861 Missouri (1) Trusten Polk (D) Expelled January 10, 1862, for supporting the rebellion. Successor was appointed. John B. Henderson (U) January 17, 1862 Missouri (3) Waldo P. Johnson (D)
Hace 3 días · The dominant news of the day in Kentucky on May 17, 1875, was the death of John C. Breckinridge, a U.S. Congressman turned Confederate Civil War general. Breckinridge died at the age of 54 at his ...
Hace 1 día · In earning the nomination, Nixon became the first sitting vice president to be nominated for president since John C. Breckinridge exactly a century prior. Nixon then chose former Massachusetts Senator and United Nations Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., as his vice presidential running mate.
Hace 4 días · Mary’s grandfather was John Breckinridge, an attorney general for Thomas Jefferson and a distant cousin of John C. Breckinridge, the United States vice president under James Buchanan. After receiving a private education, B. B. Warfield attended Princeton University (then the College of New Jersey), graduating in 1871 as ...
Hace 3 días · The dominant news of the day in Kentucky on May 17, 1875, was the death of John C. Breckinridge, a U.S. Congressman turned Confederate Civil War general. Breckinridge died at the age of 54 at his home in Lexington, Ky., a divisive historical figure. His obituary filled several columns in the next day’s The Courier-Journal newspaper.
Hace 3 días · The dominant news of the day in Kentucky on May 17, 1875, was the death of John C. Breckinridge, a U.S. Congressman turned Confederate Civil War general. Breckinridge died at the age of 54 at his home in Lexington, Ky., a divisive historical figure. His obituary filled several columns in the next day’s The Courier-Journal newspaper.
