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=John C. Breckinridge=

John C. Breckinridge was an American lawyer and politician. Breckinridge came in third place in the popular vote behind winner Abraham Lincoln, and Stephen Douglas. Breckinridge was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives as a democratic. Breckinridge was an unsuccessful candidate for president in the 1860 election. Far from expectant of victory, in a letter to Varina Davis Breckinridge bemoaned "I trust I have the courage to lead a forlorn hope." Breckinridge entered the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War as a bridgadier general and soon became a major general, originally commanding the 1st Kentucky Brigade.