Vice President John Cabell BRECKENRIDGE

1821 - 1875  (54 years)

• Name	John Cabell BRECKENRIDGE
  Title	Vice President
  Birth	21 Jan 1821	Lexington, Kentucky
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 May 1875	Lexington, Kentucky
  Notes	John Breckenridge represented Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives and was then elected Vice President in 1856 at the age of 35, making him the youngest vice president in history. While simultaneously running unsuccessfully for president in 1860, he was elected as senator for Kentucky. He served briefly before being expelled for supporting the Confederacy, and then joined the Confederate Army.
  Person ID	I21932	Gadd
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2011

  
  

  Father	Joseph Cabell BRECKENRIDGE,   b. 14 Jul 1788, Albemarle County, Virginia d. 01 Sep 1823, Kentucky (Age 35 years)
  Mother	Mary Clay SMITH,   b. 31 Aug 1787, Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA d. 09 Oct 1864, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F7839	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Cyrene BURCH,   b. 16 Aug 1826, Scott, Kentucky, USA d. 08 Oct 1907, New York, USA (Age 81 years)
  Children	+ 1. John Witherspoon Owen BRECKENRIDGE,   b. Dec 1850, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA d. 09 May 1892, Mercer, California, USA (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F7840	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2011