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John C. Breckinridge
John Cabell Breckinridge
(January 16, 1821 – May 17, 1875) was a lawyer and politician from the
U.S. state
of
Kentucky
. He represented the Commonwealth in both houses of
Congress
and in 1857, became the
14th
and youngest-ever
Vice President of the United States
(1857–61). Serving in the
U.S. Senate
at the outbreak of the
Civil War
, he was expelled after joining the
Confederate Army
. He remains the only Senator of the United States convicted of treason against the United States of America by the Senate. He was appointed
Confederate Secretary of War
late in the war. A member of the
Breckinridge family
, he was the grandson of
U.S. Attorney General
John Breckinridge
, son of
Kentucky Secretary of State
Cabell Breckinridge
and father of
Arkansas
Congressman
Clifton R. Breckinridge
.
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