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Fayette County - U.S. Vice President

 

Marker # 741 U.S. Vice President

John Cabell Breckinridge

John Cabell Breckinridge, 1821-1875, one of four Kentuckians who have served in the office of the United States Vice President. The other Kentuckians are, Adhai E. Stevenson, Richard M. Johnson, and Alben W. Barkley. 

Vice President Breckinridge served as a major of Kentucky Volunteers during the Mexican War. He was elected to U.S. Senate in 1860. In 1861, he was a Brigadier General for the Confederate States of America.  He served as the last Confederate Secretary of War, until February 1865.      

John Breckinridge is the youngest Vice President in U.S. history, inaugurated at age 36.  John Cabell Breckinridge served with President James Buchanan, (March 4, 1857 to March 4, 1861).  

John Breckinridge Statue

 

 

 

 

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