John C. Breckinridge

14th Vice President
Political Party	Democratic
Term 	March 4, 1857 - March 4, 1861  (36-40)
President 	James Buchanan
Predecessor 	William R.D. King
Successor 	Hannibal Hamlin
Full Name 	John Cabell Breckinridge
Birth 	
January 16, 1821
Lexington, Kentucky
Father 	Joseph Cabell Breckinridge  (1788-1823)
Mother 	Mary Clay Smith  (1787-1864)
Sisters 	
Frances Breckinridge Young  (1812-1837)
Caroline Breckinridge Bullock  (1813-1867)
Mary Breckinridge Satterwhite  (1815-1835)
Laetitia Breckinridge Parkhill  (1822-1852)
Alma Mater 	
Centre College  (B.A. 1838)
Transylvania University  (LL.B. 1841)
Military Services	
Major
United States Army
1847-1848
Major General
Confederate States Army
1861-1865
Occupation 	
5th Confederate States Secretary of War  (1865)
U.S. Senator from Kentucky  (1861)
Representative from Kentucky's 8th District  (1851-1855)
Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives  (1849-1851)
Delegate to the Kentucky State Constitutional Convention  (1849)
Lawyer
Death 	
May 17, 1875
Lexington, Kentucky
(54 years)
Marriages
Mary Cyrene Burch  (1826-1907)	
Married December 12, 1843
(31 years)
Children
Joseph Cabell Breckinridge
(m.1869 Sarah Johnson)	
Born 1844
Died 1907
(63 years)
Clifton Rodes Breckinridge
(m.1876 Katherine Carson)	
Born 1846
Died 1932
(86 years)
Frances Breckenridge Steel
(m.1880 John Steele)	
Born 1848
Died 1924
(76 years)
John Milton Breckenridge	
Born 1849
Died 1850
(1 year)
John Witherspoon Breckenridge
(m.1877 Florence Tevis)
(m.1884 Harriett Turner)	
Born 1850
Died 1892
(42 years)
Mary Desha Breckinridge Maltby
(m.1877 Charles Maltby)	
Born 1854
Died 1928
(74 years)