TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heck,Frank Hopkins
TI  - Proud Kentuckian: John C. Breckinridge, 1821-1875 
T2  - Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf
AV  - E415 .P768 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Lexington, Kentucky
PB  - The University Press of Kentucky
KW  - Breckinridge, John C.
KW  - Vice-presidents
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Statesmen
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 1; Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Years of Preparation; 2 Rising Party Leader; 3 The Youngest Vice President; 4 The Crisis of Disunion; 5 Much Loved Commander --; 6 Anticlimax: The Postwar Decade; Appendix A: Breckinridge Family Genealogy; Appendix B: Breckinridge's Attitude toward Slavery; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; 2; b
N2  - In his brief life John C. Breckinridge embraced the roles of lawyer, politician, statesman, soldier, exile, and businessman. An imposing and tactful man, he was exceptional for evoking both loyal devotion from his followers and generous respect from his opponents during a strife-torn era. Breckinridge's meteoric rise to national prominence began with election to the Kentucky legislature in 1849 and to the United States Congress in 1851. His eloquence earned him the Democratic Party's nomination for the vice presidency in 1856, and he became the youngest man ever to hold that office. Nearing the
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