Breckinridge, John Cabell

Life Span
to
Full name
John Cabell Breckinridge
Place of Birth
Birth Date Certainty
Disputed
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
No. of Siblings
0
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
6
Family
Mary Cyrene Burch (wife, 1843)
Education
Princeton (College of New Jersey)
Transylvania
Other
Other Education
Centre College, KY
Occupation
Politician
Military
Attorney or Judge
Businessman
Political Parties
Democratic
Southern Democratic (1860)
Government
Buchanan Administration (1857-61)
US House of Representatives
State legislature
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Confederate Army
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