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No, not John C. Breckinridge, of course, but his uncle Robert Jefferson Breckinridge. "He was chosen as the temporary chair of the 1864 Republican National Convention [technically, it was called the National Union Party convention--DT] that re-nominated Lincoln for president, and his pro-Union speech was hailed by freshman Representative James G. Blaine as one of the most inspiring given at the event." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jefferson_Breckinridge What if he is so inspiring that Republicans conclude that this (rather than Andrew Johnson or Joseph Holt) is the Southern Unionist Lincoln needs to balance his ticket? Then, of course, the ticket wins--and Lincoln is murdered on schedule...
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