Show 7 1 7 DEATH OF JOHN 0 BRECK enridge 1 T JOHN jonn T 0 IN canelli UBELL breckenridge whose death at lexington last night this 17 in hi oui ouk our oun dispatches was born near bear lexington kentucky jan 21 isi he was educated at centre C college bliege danville and studied law at the transylvania institute institutes and settled at lexington ho hd was a volunteer and major ok of he tho third regiment of 61 kentucky volunteers in tile the mexican warf war after te which lippas be was elec elet elected teil tell to the kentucky house of representatives ho he was elected to congress in 1851 and autt again in 1853 1851 in 1856 he was chosen vice president james buchanan Buc bue hanan banan being president of the united states ates ate g and presided pres eded in id the th senate with aigul dignity ty and ability for four foun years on the breaking out of the civil war he be was a united states senator frow from kentucky he espoused t ile the confederate cause and was expelled from the united states I 1 senate in dece nece december aber 1861 the next summer bummer he was appointed a major general in athe the confederate army in connection with w which aich he was in the actions or movements at baton rouge stone river t chickamauga newmarket washington and winchester he wal wai appointed secretary egre egie tary of avar in jemm jeff daviss cabinet in january 1865 1863 in which position he be continued to the close of the war when he went to cuba and thence to tn england kland whence he returned to america in 1868 with a resolution to eschew politics and devote himself entirely to his profession which resolution he strictly observed |