Breckinridge
Proper noun
Meaning
Breckinridge
A surname.
Examples
A host of candidates were nominated for the vice presidency, but a number of them attempted to withdraw themselves from consideration, among them the eventual nominee, John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky.
Breckinridge Haggerty, the band's live video designer, says that the resulting dark spaces on stage "are mostly for Maynard".
In the summer of 1862, about 2,600 Confederate troops under generals John C. Breckinridge (the former Vice President of the United States ) and Daniel Ruggles tried in vain to recapture Baton Rouge.
However, following a draft effort led by the delegation from Vermont, Breckinridge was nominated on the second ballot.
Breckinridge received very little support in the free states, showing some strength only in California, Oregon, and Pennsylvania.
Douglas was accompanied at the meeting by Atchison, Hunter, Phillips and John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky.