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John Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821 – May 17, 1875) was an American politician who served as the 14th vice president of the United States, with President James Buchanan, from 1857 to 1861. Assuming office at the age of 36, Breckinridge is the youngest vice president in U.S. history. Breckinridge was also the Southern Democratic candidate in the 1860 presidential election, which he lost to Republican Abraham Lincoln. (From Wikipedia) More about John C. Breckinridge:
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Books by John C. Breckinridge Books about John C. Breckinridge: Filed under: Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875![[Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/info.gif) Biographical Sketches of Hon. John C. Breckinridge, Democratic Nominee for President, and General Joseph Lane, Democratic Nominee for Vice President (1860), by National Democratic Executive Committee (multiple formats at archive.org)- Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War (New York: The Century Co., 1893), ed. by George Washington Cable, contrib. by William Pittenger, A. E. Richards, Basil Wilson Duke, Orlando B. Willcox, Thomas Henry Hines, Frank E. Moran, W. H. Shelton, and John Taylor Wood (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War (New York: The Century Co., 1913), ed. by George Washington Cable, contrib. by William Pittenger, A. E. Richards, Basil Wilson Duke, Orlando B. Willcox, Thomas Henry Hines, Frank E. Moran, W. H. Shelton, and John Taylor Wood (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War (New York: The Century Co., 1915), ed. by George Washington Cable, contrib. by William Pittenger, A. E. Richards, Basil Wilson Duke, Orlando B. Willcox, Thomas Henry Hines, Frank E. Moran, W. H. Shelton, and John Taylor Wood (page images at HathiTrust)
9 additional books about John C. Breckinridge in the extended shelves:![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif) Famous adventures and prison escapes of the civil war. (The Century co., 1893), by John Taylor Wood, W. H. Shelton, Frank E. Moran, Thomas H. Hines, Orlando Bolivar Willcox, Basil Wilson Duke, Adolphus E. Richards, William Pittenger, and George Washington Cable (page images at HathiTrust)- Famous adventures and prison escapes of the civil war. (The Century Co., 1911) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Famous adventures and prison escapes of the Civil War (Century Co., 1898), by George Washington Cable (page images at HathiTrust)
- Proceedings of the Massachusetts National Democratic Convention, and of the mass meeting for the ratification of the nomination of Breckinridge and Lane, held at the Tremont Temple, Boston, Sept. 12, 1860. (Printed at the Office of the Boston Post, 1860) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Biographical sketches of Hon. John C. Breckinridge, Democratic nominee for president, and General Joseph Lane, Democratic nominee for vice-president. (National democratic executive committee, 1860) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan and Breckinridge. (H. W. Derby & co., 1856) (page images at HathiTrust)
- "Popular sovereignty, and non-intervention with slavery in the territories" : the record of John C. Breckinridge in 1850, 1854 and 1856, and of Joseph Lane in 1856, with an appendix. (National Democratic Club Rooms, 1860) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Speech at the St. Louis Court House, October 24, 1860 ([St. Louis, 1860), by D. C. Woods (page images at HathiTrust)
- Famous adventures and prison escapes of the Civil War. (The Century Co., 1904) (page images at HathiTrust)
Books by John C. Breckinridge: Books in the extended shelves: - Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875: Address of Hon. John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States, preceding the removal of the Senate from the old to the new chamber: delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 4, 1859. (Issued by the National Democratic Executive Committee, 1860) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875: An address on the occasion of the burial of the Kentucky volunteers, who fell at Buena Vista : delivered at Frankfort, on Tuesday, the 20th of July, 1847. With the remarks of the Rev. John H. Brown on the same occasion. (Printed at the Observer and reporter office, 1847) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875: Communication from the secretary of war [transmitting an estimate for funds required to meet a deficiency in the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the Adjutant and inspector general's office, during the period ending December 31st, 1864] ([Richmond, 1865), also by Confederate States of America. War Dept (page images at HathiTrust)
- Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875: Communication of Secretary of War : [transmitting a report from the Quartermaster General on the number of quartermasters and assistant quartermasters in the service] (Richmond, Va. :, 1865), also by Confederate States of America. War Dept (page images at HathiTrust)
- Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875: Communication of Secretary of war ... : Feb. 22, 1865 [relative to the number of able-bodied men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five (Richmond : [publisher not identified], 1865], 1865), also by Confederate States of America War Department, John Smith Preston, Jefferson Davis, Confederate States of America House of Representatives, and Confederate States of America. President (page images at HathiTrust)
- Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875: Message of the President ... Feb. 20, 1865 (C. S. A., 1865), also by Confederate States of America. War Dept and Confederate States of America. President (page images at HathiTrust)
- Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875: Message of the President ... Feb. 25, 1865 [transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, covering an estimate for an additional appropriation required by the War Department] ([Richmond, 1865), also by Confederate States of America. War Dept (page images at HathiTrust)
- Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875: Minority report of Mr. Stevens, delegate from Oregon : showing the grounds upon which the regular southern delegation were entitled to seats in the convention at the Front Street Theatre, Baltimore : Mr. Leach's protest against the exclusion of their delegates : Mr. Breckinridge's acceptance of the nomination : General Lane's acceptance : the Democratic platform. (Issued by the National Democratic Executive Committee, 1860), also by Isaac Ingalls Stevens and Joseph Lane (page images at HathiTrust)
- Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875: Nebraska and Kansas : speech of Mr. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, in the House of Representatives, March 23, 1854 : delivered in the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. (Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1854) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875: Speech of Hon. John C. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, on executive usurpation (Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1861) (page images at HathiTrust)
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