Senate votes to expel Breckinridge

Senate votes to expel Breckinridge

12 years ago By Lee Sutton
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WASHINGTON, DC—With a vote of 36 to 0, the United States Senate votes to expel Senator John Breckinridge of Kentucky. Breckinridge, the vice president under President Buchanan, had joined the Confederate Army after failing to peacefully resolve the Civil War. 

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