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John C. Breckenridge was 36 when he was sworn in in March 1857. He was the youngest U. S. Vice President to date and the only U. S. Vice President under the age of 40. The second-youngest U. S. Vice President, Richard M. Nixon, turned 40 eleven days before he was sworn in in January 1953.

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1857 was the date that Breckenridge became vice-president.

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