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John C. Breckinridge

1821 - 1875

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John Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821 – May 17, 1875) was an American lawyer, politician, and soldier. He represented Kentucky in both houses of Congress and became the 14th and youngest-ever vice president of the United States. Serving from 1857 to 1861, he took office at the age of 36. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John C. Breckinridge has received more than 2,072,465 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). John C. Breckinridge is the 10,547th most popular politician (down from 9,700th in 2019), the 3,750th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,536th in 2019) and the 243rd most popular American Politician.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John C. Breckinridge ranks 10,547 out of 19,576. Before him are Jacopo Contarini, Cheddi Jagan, Publius Vatinius, Paul Grüninger, Al-Zafir, and Agesipolis I. After him are Vitale I Michiel, Bartolomeo Gradenigo, Imyremeshaw, Henry Percy, Nataša Pirc Musar, and Rani Padmini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, John C. Breckinridge ranks 51. Before him are Ion C. Brătianu, Champfleury, Giuseppe Saracco, Napoleon Sarony, Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet, and Karel Havlíček Borovský. After him are Karol Mikuli, Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe, Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, Princess Catherine of Württemberg, Friedrich Kiel, and Charles Francis Hall. Among people deceased in 1875, John C. Breckinridge ranks 46. Before him are Georg Herwegh, Eugène Schneider, Marc Seguin, Charles Elliot, Charles Kingsley, and Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume. After him are Prosper Guéranger, Princess Alexandra of Bavaria, Petrache Poenaru, Johann Karl Rodbertus, Robert von Mohl, and Richard Christopher Carrington.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John C. Breckinridge ranks 3,750 out of 20,380. Before him are Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887), Logan Paul (1995), Red Auerbach (1917), Kerry King (1964), Lee Konitz (1927), and Fergie (1975). After him are Lloyd Bacon (1889), Traci Lords (1968), Bruce Sterling (1954), Edwin Drake (1819), Hank Azaria (1964), and Bill W. (1895).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John C. Breckinridge ranks 243. Before him are Robert Zoellick (1953), Ross Perot (1930), Kamehameha IV (1834), Leo Ryan (1925), Thomas E. Dewey (1902), and Dan Sullivan (1964). After him are Lori Lightfoot (1962), Lunalilo (1835), Black Hawk (1767), Nikki Haley (1972), Kaʻahumanu (1768), and Harriet Lane (1830).

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