John Breckinridge

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkb:Centre_College
gptkbp:birthDate 1821-01-16
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Lexington,_Kentucky,_United_States
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Lexington_Cemetery
gptkbp:causeOfDeath cirrhosis
gptkbp:children gptkb:Clifton_Rodes_Breckinridge
gptkb:John_Milton_Breckinridge
gptkb:Mary_Desha_Breckinridge
gptkbp:deathDate 1875-05-17
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Lexington,_Kentucky,_United_States
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:John_Breckinridge_(U.S._Attorney_General)
gptkbp:electionCycle 1860
gptkbp:ethnicity Scots-Irish American
gptkbp:father gptkb:Joseph_Cabell_Breckinridge
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:John_Cabell_Breckinridge
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John Breckinridge
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
gptkbp:militaryConflict gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:militaryRank Major General
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Mary_Clay_Smith
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Baton_Rouge
gptkb:Battle_of_Cold_Harbor
gptkb:Battle_of_New_Market
gptkbp:notableEvent fled to Cuba and Europe after Civil War
expelled from U.S. Senate for supporting Confederacy
gptkbp:notableFor 1860 presidential candidate
Confederate leader during the American Civil War
youngest Vice President of the United States
gptkbp:notableSpeaker gptkb:Farewell_Address_to_the_Senate,_1861
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:lawyer
politician
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Confederate_States
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
gptkb:United_States_Senator
gptkb:Confederate_Secretary_of_War
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
gptkbp:ranForOffice gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Presbyterianism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Lexington,_Kentucky
gptkbp:returnedTo 1869
gptkbp:servedUnder gptkb:James_Buchanan
gptkbp:signature John C Breckinridge Signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Cyrene_Burch
gptkbp:vicePresident gptkb:United_States
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1861-03-04
1857-03-04
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Transylvania_University
gptkb:John_C._Breckinridge
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5