[DOC] [TLE] John C. Breckinridge - Wikipedia [PAR] John Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821  May 17, 1875) was a lawyer, 
politician, and soldier from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He represented the state in 
both houses of Congress and in 1857, became the 14th and youngest-ever Vice 
President of the United States ... He was appointed Confederate Secretary of War 
late in the war. [DOC] [TLE] John C. Breckinridge - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com [PAR] 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... [DOC] [TLE] James Buchanan - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com [PAR] Lame-duck President James Buchanan ranks near the bottom in presidential ... to 
serve in both houses of the U.S. Congress; he later became a foreign diplomat 
and U.S. ... elected to succeed Buchanan, South Carolina seceded and the 
Confederacy .... (1813-1861) of Illinois and Southern Democrats picking Vice 
President... [DOC] [TLE] John C. Breckinridge - Civil War Trust [PAR] Major General John C. Breckinridge (Library of Congress) ... He holds the record 
as the youngest Vice President ever elected to office, serving under President 
James Buchanan starting in 1856. ... state during the secession crisis of 1861, 
Breckinridge resigned and accepted a post in the Confederacy as brigadier 
general,... [DOC] [TLE] John C. Breckinridge | vice president of United States | Britannica.com [PAR] 14th vice president of the United States (185761), unsuccessful presidential ... 
and, when his party nominated James Buchanan of Pennsylvania for president in 
1856, ... he commanded the reserve, he was promoted to the rank of major 
general and ... he became a Confederate officer in the American Civil War (1861-
65). [DOC] [TLE] James Buchanan - Miller Center [PAR] What can James Buchanan teach our next president? Facts at a Glance. Term: : 
15th President of the United States (1857  1861) ... He failed entirely. During... [DOC] [TLE] John C. Breckinridge (18571861)Miller Center [PAR] John Cabell Breckinridge became the youngest vice president in United States 
history when he was elected with President James Buchanan in the 1856 
election. ... he volunteered to serve in the Confederate Army, first as a brigadier 
general... [DOC] [TLE] John Cabell Breckinridge facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia ... [PAR] At the time of his election as vice president of the United States, John Cabell ... 
Joining the Confederacy, he served with distinction in the Civil War and later 
became an ... to serve as vice president under James Buchanan from 1857 until 
1861. ... of the Civil War as a Confederate general and went into exile at the war's 
end. [DOC] [TLE] The Man Who Came in Second | Humanities [PAR] In 1860, John C. Breckinridge ran for president against Lincoln, and broke the ... 
in arm with retiring president James Buchanan, who was nicknamed the Buck. ... 
He was the youngest vice president ever, elected at the age of thirty-five, and he 
... That John Cabell Breckinridge became a political force was not surprising. [DOC] [TLE] Confederate Major General John C. Breckinridge - Monocacy ... [PAR] ... in the history of the United States under President James Buchanan in 1857, ... 
In the 1860 presidential election he ran for president, but lost to Abraham Lincoln. 
... in 1859 before his term as Vice President expired, he stayed on in Washington, 
... 1861, accepted a commission as a Brigadier General, though he had only a... [DOC] [TLE] John C. Breckinridge - NNDB.com [PAR] Executive summary: James Buchanan's Vice President ... became a major-
general in the regular United States Army in 1903, and was inspector-general ... 
entered the Confederate service he was expelled from the Senate in December 
1861. [DOC] [TLE] On This Day: November 29, 1862 - The New York Times [PAR] On July 4, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln delivered a speech, based largely

Question: James Buchanan's Vice President, he became a Confederate general in 1861
Answer: John C. Breckinridge