Josh Lew's 1860 Election Candidate

John C Breckinridge was born in Lexington at Cabells Dale which was the Breckinridge family estate and was part of the Democratic Party and was elected vice president in 1856 on the Democratic ticket with James Buchanan as the president. When 1860 came along, and the time had come for another election, Breckinridge ran with the hopes of winning and expanding slavery. Breckinridge was also said to be one of the only vice presidents to ever take up arms against the U.S. government. After losing the election of 1860, he returned to Washington hoping to persuade the senate to abandon secession, but in the end, South Carolina, Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi left the Union.