John C. Breckinridge
1 run · 0 wins · 1860 — 1860 · Southern Democratic.
John C. Breckinridge on the ballot
John C. Breckinridge appears in the American presidential record once, as a candidate in 1860. That campaign did not win the presidency. Each campaign ran under the Southern Democratic banner.
The strongest showing came in 1860 — 72 electoral votes in a race won by Abraham Lincoln. Those campaigns fall within the Civil War era.
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