John Breckinridge (December 2, 1760 – December 14, 1806) was an American lawyer, slave-owning planter, soldier, and politician in Virginia and Kentucky... 77 KB (8,798 words) - 07:11, 3 December 2023 |
Mary Cyrene Breckinridge (née Burch; August 16, 1826 – October 8, 1907) was the wife of John C. Breckinridge and served as the second lady of the United... 8 KB (696 words) - 21:02, 16 November 2023 |
John Breckinridge or Breckenridge may refer to: John Breckinridge (U.S. Attorney General) (1760–1806), U.S. Senator and U.S. Attorney General John C. Breckinridge... 678 bytes (117 words) - 06:53, 12 February 2023 |
John Witherspoon "Owen" Breckinridge (December 22, 1850 – May 9, 1892) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the California State Assembly... 10 KB (847 words) - 16:48, 25 March 2024 |
The John C. Breckinridge Memorial, originally on the courthouse lawn of Lexington, Kentucky, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on... 6 KB (552 words) - 04:12, 25 March 2024 |
Petersen House (redirect from Petersen House (Washington, D.C.)) 1849 by William A. Petersen, a German tailor. Future Vice-President John C. Breckinridge, a friend of the Lincoln family, rented this house in 1852. It served... 8 KB (726 words) - 00:56, 23 March 2024 |
an organized combat unit. During the battle Confederate general John C. Breckinridge ordered cadets from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), some of... 22 KB (2,350 words) - 20:44, 20 April 2024 |
Knights of the Golden Circle (section Plans to seize Lincoln and inaugurate Breckinridge as president) presidential election and the possible election of a Southerner, John C. Breckinridge to the Presidency. In August 1861, The New York Times described the... 36 KB (3,966 words) - 17:44, 20 April 2024 |
First inauguration of Abraham Lincoln (category 1861 in Washington, D.C.) office was administered to Lincoln by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney. John C. Breckinridge became the first outgoing vice president to administer the vice-presidential... 10 KB (977 words) - 02:20, 29 December 2023 |
position ended in May 1865 when the Confederacy collapsed during John C. Breckinridge's tenure of the office. Answerable to the president, the secretary... 12 KB (1,034 words) - 15:00, 6 March 2024 |
Walker, Judah P. Benjamin, George W. Randolph, James Seddon, and John C. Breckinridge. Stephen Mallory was Confederate Secretary of the Navy throughout... 20 KB (1,754 words) - 03:53, 22 February 2024 |
The Breckinridge family is a family of public figures from the United States. The family has included six members of the United States House of Representatives... 34 KB (3,738 words) - 00:31, 29 July 2023 |
recruited from Kentucky during the war. Its original commander was John C. Breckinridge, former United States vice president, and Kentucky's former senator... 10 KB (974 words) - 21:44, 12 January 2024 |
William J. Hardee (divisions of major generals John C. Breckinridge, Patrick R. Cleburne, and John P. McCown) and Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk (divisions... 54 KB (6,729 words) - 21:40, 15 March 2024 |
1860 election, he supported Abraham Lincoln against his own nephew, John C. Breckinridge, and continued to back his policies, making a famous speech that... 6 KB (758 words) - 20:44, 12 November 2022 |
son of John C. Breckinridge Desha Breckinridge (1867–1935), editor and publisher of the Lexington Herald, husband of Madeline McDowell Breckinridge and brother... 2 KB (334 words) - 07:45, 1 March 2022 |
retired from public life to his plantation and was succeeded by John C. Breckinridge. His service of more than twenty-four months as Secretary made him... 5 KB (352 words) - 05:51, 18 April 2024 |
Rhodes Breckinridge and grandson of Vice President and Confederate Major General John C. Breckinridge. He was a member of the prominent Breckinridge family... 9 KB (645 words) - 17:19, 9 May 2023 |