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Jeebo

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23. Kentuck, those dates don't figure.

Mon Jun 23, 2025, 02:26 AM

Jun 2025

If Breckenridge was Buchanan's vice president, that means he was elected in November 1856, he was inaugurated in March 1857, and his term expired in March 1861. Why would he resign in 1861 when that was when his term as vice president expired anyway?

Also, how could he have been elected to the U.S. Senate in 1859 when he was then the sitting vice president? And as Senate elections are held in even numbered years, wouldn't that U.S. Senate election have been held in either 1858 or 1860 anyway? If it was 1858 he would have been unable to run for that seat because he already held the vice presidency. If it was 1860 I suppose he could have run if he knew he wasn't going to run for a second term as vice president, which I am sure was the case because his president Buchanan also wasn't running for another term.

As I said, those dates don't figure.

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