After serving as Buchanan's vice president, John Breckenridge went on to be this president's Secretary of War
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John C. Breckinridge - Wikipedia  John Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821  May 17, 1875) was a lawyer, politician, and ... He was appointed Confederate Secretary of War late in the war. ... He was nominated for vice-president at the 1856 Democratic National ... John Breckinridge, who served in the U.S. Senate and as Attorney General under President...
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John C. Breckinridge | vice president of United States | Britannica.com  14th vice president of the United States (185761), unsuccessful presidential ... office, however, Buchanan and Breckinridgeat 36 the youngest vice president in ... After the Battle of Shiloh (April 67, 1862), in which he commanded the ... In the final months of the war, Breckinridge served as Confederate secretary of war,...
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John C. Breckinridge - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com  He joined the Confederacy at the start of the Civil War and served as a ... and Cold Harbor before serving as the final Confederate secretary of war in 1865. After the Civil War Breckinridge fled abroad before returning to Kentucky in 1869. ... 1857, John C. Breckinridge remains the youngest vice president in American history.
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John C. Breckinridge (18571861)Miller Center  John Cabell Breckinridge became the youngest vice president in United ... American Civil War led him to become the second vice president (after Aaron ... He served in the Kentucky state legislature and then in the U.S. House of ... Breckinridge as the vice presidential candidate to run with James Buchanan of Pennsylvania.
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James Buchanan - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com  In April 1861, a month after Buchanan left office, the American Civil War ... A member of the Federalist Party, Buchanan began his political career by serving in the ... in 1845, when President James Polk (1795-1849) named him U.S. secretary of state. ... Buchanan's vice president was John Breckinridge (1821-1875), a U.S....
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John C. Calhoun | Clemson University, South Carolina  He served as a cabinet member, both as secretary of war and secretary of state. ... two different administrations, and he was the first vice president to resign from office. ... war with Britain leading to the War of 1812 or the Second War of Independence. ... John C. Calhoun was elected vice president in 1824 and served with...
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Zachary Taylor | whitehouse.gov  Presidents  First Ladies  The Vice President's Residence & Office ... the War of 1812, was elected the 12th U.S. President, serving from March 1849 until his death in July 1850. ... President Polk, disturbed by General Taylor's informal habits of command and perhaps his Whiggery as well, kept him in northern Mexico and...
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Free Flashcards about WAR OF 1812 - StudyStack  SECRETARY OF WAR UNDER PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS, HE LENT HIS NAME TO A FAMOUS WAR OF 1812 SITE, JAMES MCHENRY. A NAVY BUFF, FDR...
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John C. Breckinridge - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com  Breckinridge was elected the 14th vice president of the United States in 1856, and ... He joined the Confederacy at the start of the Civil War and served as a brigade ... 14th vice president of the United States alongside President James Buchanan. ... Commissioned a brigadier general in November 1861, he was placed in...
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Cabinet and Vice Presidents: Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869) - Mr ...  Nicknamed Mars, Edwin M. Stanton was a pro-Breckinridge Democrat who .... Allen Nevins, The War for the Union: War Becomes Revolution, 1862-1863, p.
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Spiro Agnew - Wikipedia  Spiro Theodore Agnew was an American politician who served as the 39th Vice President of the United States from 1969 to 1973, under President Richard Nixon. ... Agnew was the second Vice President in United States history to resign, the .... to sit in the Oval Office, and he began freezing Agnew out of the White House...
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Stephen A. Douglas - Wikipedia  Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813  June 3, 1861) was an American politician from ... But during the 1858 Senate campaign, he argued its effect could be negated by ... their own candidate, Vice President John C. Breckinridge, while the Northern ... Douglas dropped the second "s" from his name some years later.
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Calhoun resigns vice presidency - Dec 28, 1832 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, Calhoun resigns vice presidency on Dec 28, 1832. ... John C. Calhoun becomes the first vice president in U.S. history to resign the office. ... In 1828, he was again elected vice president while Andrew Jackson won the ... the first part of the war,and spent the second half preparing coastal defenses in the...
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29. Vice Presidents of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson (1963  nomination to Lyndon B. Johnson was Johnson's acceptance. Neither man ... easier to deal with as vice president than as majority leader. Johnson's .... Russell became the Senate mentor for the young Texan. ..... 1961, senator after senator stood to denounce the proposal, including some whom Johnson had considered his.
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John C. Breckinridge - Wikipedia  John Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821  May 17, 1875) was a lawyer, politician, and ... In February 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis appointed him ... previously served as Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives, his ... John Breckinridge, who served in the U.S. Senate and as Attorney General...
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3-4. The North: Its Leaders and Military - IN.gov  He supported both the war and President Lincoln aggressively. ... Johnson on the 1864 Republican ticket, he served as collector of the port of Boston. .... He served briefly as Andrew Johnson Secretary of W ar and succeeded Johnson ... little fame  other than to draw Lincoln's ire for his mistreatment of reporters, Sherman...
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John C. Breckinridge - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com  Find out more about the history of John C. Breckinridge, including videos, ... the 14th vice president of the United States and as a Confederate general during the ... in the U.S. Senate and as attorney general under President Thomas Jefferson, ... Breckinridge remained in office even after the beginning of the Civil War, and...
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After serving as Buchanan's vice president, John Breckenridge went ...  Jul 6, 2016 ... video icon  After serving as president for 3 years, Zog I was proclaimed king of this country # Quiz # Question. 0:29. FirstAmVideo. No views...
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James Buchanan - Wikipedia  James Buchanan, Jr was the 15th President of the United States (185761), serving immediately prior to the American Civil War. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives and later the Senate, then served as Minister to Russia under President Andrew Jackson. .... Buchanan is the only president with military experience who did not, at some...
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The Life and Legacy of Kentucky's VEEP  Jun 20, 2014 ... and public servant, U.S. Vice President Alben W. Barkley, offers a singular .... Just thirty-six years old when nominated, Breckinridge was.
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Vice Presidents | Britannica.com  Results 1 - 49 of 49 ... He was the second person to resign the nation's second highest office (John C. Calhoun was the first in 1832) and the first to resign under. ... He was sometimes referred to as the last of America's log-cabin statesmen.