Title: Proud Kentuckian, John C. Breckinridge, 1821-1875
Description: Biography of John Cabell Breckinridge: "a lawyer, U.S. Representative, Senator from Kentucky, the 14th Vice President of the United States, Southern Democratic candidate for President in 1860, a Confederate general in the American Civil War, and the last Confederate Secretary of War. To date, Breckinridge is the youngest vice president in U.S. history, inaugurated at age 36. He is also remembered as the Confederate commander at the Battle of New Market, where young VMI cadets participated in the battle on the Confederate side."--Wikipedia.
Subjects: Biography, Statesmen, Vice-Presidents, Legislators
Places: United States
People: John C. Breckinridge (1821-1875)