| BRECKINRIDGE (Soundex
B625)
— See also
BECKINELLA,
BRACKENRIDGE,
BRAKENRIDGE,
BRECINRIDGE,
BRECK,
BRECKENRIDGE,
BRECKMANN,
BRECKON,
BRECKONS,
BUECKING,
GRECKI,
JARECKI,
KINROSS,
LECKINGTON,
MARECKI,
RECKIN,
SPECKING,
YECKINEVICH.
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BRECKINRIDGE: See also
William
Breckinridge Ardery —
Joseph
Breckinridge Board Jr. —
Levin
Irving Handy —
Samuel
Miller Breckinridge Long —
Robert
Breckinridge McAfee —
Charles
Breckinridge Parkhill —
Peter
Augustus Porter —
Peter
Augustus Porter —
Breckinridge
L. Willcox |
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Breckinridge, Arthur Gates
(1864-1940) —
also known as Arthur G. Breckinridge —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., August
6, 1864.
Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 1918, 1920, 1922;
candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 21st District, 1923, 1924, 1926,
1927; candidate for New York
state senate 6th District, 1930.
English
ancestry.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., May 10,
1940 (age 75 years, 278
days).
Interment at Spring
Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.
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Cabell See Joseph Cabell
Breckinridge |
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Breckinridge, Carl —
of Turney, Clinton
County, Mo.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Clinton County, 1935-38.
Burial location unknown.
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Breckinridge, Christopher
G. —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Republican. Postmaster at Baton
Rouge, La., 1865-68.
Burial location unknown.
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Breckinridge, Clifton Rodes
(1846-1932) —
also known as Clifton R. Breckinridge —
of Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark.; Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., November
22, 1846.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; planter; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1883-89, 1890-95 (at-large 1883-85,
2nd District 1885-89, 1890-95); U.S. Minister to Russia, 1894-97; delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1917.
Died in Wendover, Leslie
County, Ky., December
3, 1932 (age 86 years, 11
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of John Cabell Breckinridge and Mary Breckinridge; married, November
21, 1876, to Catherine B. Carson; grandson of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge; grandnephew of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; great-grandson
of John Breckinridge; second great-grandson
of John
Witherspoon; second great-grandnephew of William
Preston and William
Cabell; first cousin once removed of Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed of James Douglas Breckinridge and Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell; first cousin thrice removed of William
Cabell Jr., Francis
Smith Preston, William
Henry Cabell and James
Patton Preston; second cousin of Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin
Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; second cousin once
removed of Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; second cousin twice removed of William
Campbell Preston, James
McDowell, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, John
Buchanan Floyd, John
Smith Preston, George
Rogers Clark Floyd and Edward
Carrington Cabell; third cousin of Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; third cousin once removed of John
William Leftwich and Earle
Cabell. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Breckinridge, Daniel W. —
of Michigan.
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1888.
Burial location unknown.
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Breckinridge, Desha
(1867-1935) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., August
5, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; director, the First National Bank of
Lexington; director, Fayette Home Telephone
Company; director, Phoenix Hotel
Company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1920,
1928,
1932.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., February
18, 1935 (age 67 years, 197
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of William Campbell Preston Breckinridge and
Issa (Desha) Breckinridge; married, November
17, 1898, to Madeline McDowell; nephew of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr.; grandson of
Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; grandnephew
of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, William
Campbell Preston and John
Smith Preston; great-grandson of John
Breckinridge, Francis
Smith Preston and Joseph
Desha; great-grandnephew of James
Patton Preston; second great-grandson of William
Preston and William
Campbell; second great-grandnephew of William
Cabell and Patrick
Henry; first cousin of Levin
Irving Handy and Henry Skillman
Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of John Cabell Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin twice removed of James Douglas Breckinridge, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, James
McDowell, John
Buchanan Floyd and George
Rogers Clark Floyd; first cousin thrice removed of William
Cabell Jr. and William
Henry Cabell; second cousin of Clifton Rodes
Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed of Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; second cousin twice removed of Valentine
Wood Southall, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, Samuel
Meredith Garland (1802-1880) and Edward
Carrington Cabell; third cousin of Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; third cousin once removed of John
William Leftwich, Stephen
Valentine Southall and Earle
Cabell; fourth cousin of Samuel
Meredith Garland (1861-1945). |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Epitaph: "Our boast of you is that we
found you brave." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Breckinridge, Henry Skillman
(1886-1960) —
also known as Henry Breckinridge; Henry
Breckenridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Fresh Meadows, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 25,
1886.
Democrat. Assistant Secretary of War, 1913-16; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; lawyer;
attorney for Charles A. Lindbergh, 1932; Constitutional candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1934; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Loyal
Legion; Navy
League.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1960 (age 73 years, 344
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1842-1921) and Louise Ludlow (Dudley)
Breckinridge; married, July 7,
1910, to Ruth (Bradley) Woodman; married, August
5, 1927, to Aida (de Acosta) Root; married, March
27, 1947, to Margaret Lucy Smith; nephew of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; grandson
of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge;
grandnephew of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge
(1788-1823), William
Campbell Preston and John
Smith Preston; great-grandson of John
Breckinridge and Francis
Smith Preston; great-grandnephew of James
Patton Preston; second great-grandson of William
Preston and William
Campbell; second great-grandnephew of William
Cabell and Patrick
Henry; first cousin of Levin
Irving Handy and Desha Breckinridge;
first cousin once removed of John Cabell
Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin twice removed of James Douglas Breckinridge, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, James
McDowell, John
Buchanan Floyd and George
Rogers Clark Floyd; first cousin thrice removed of William
Cabell Jr. and William
Henry Cabell; second cousin of Clifton Rodes
Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed of Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; second cousin twice removed of Valentine
Wood Southall, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, Samuel
Meredith Garland (1802-1880) and Edward
Carrington Cabell; third cousin of Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; third cousin once removed of John
William Leftwich, Stephen
Valentine Southall and Earle
Cabell; fourth cousin of Samuel
Meredith Garland (1861-1945). |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Breckinridge, James
(1763-1833) —
of Virginia.
Born near Fincastle, Botetourt
County, Va., March 7,
1763.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1789-1802, 1806-08, 1819-21, 1823-24;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1809-17 (4th District 1809-11, 5th
District 1811-13, 4th District 1813-15, 5th District 1815-17);
general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812.
Slaveowner.
Died in Botetourt
County, Va., May 13,
1833 (age 70 years, 67
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Botetourt County, Va.
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Breckinridge, James Douglas
(1781-1849) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Woodville, Jefferson
County, Ky., 1781.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1809-11; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1821-23; defeated,
1822.
Slaveowner.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 6,
1849 (age about 67
years).
Original interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.; reinterment in 1867 at St.
Louis Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Breckinridge, John
(1760-1806) —
of Kentucky.
Born near Staunton, Augusta
County, Va., December
2, 1760.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1793-94; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1793-97; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1798-1801; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1799-1801; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1801-05; U.S.
Attorney General, 1805-06; died in office 1806.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died, from a stomach
infection, in near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., December
14, 1806 (age 46 years, 12
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fayette County, Ky.; reinterment at
Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Breckenridge and Letitia 'Lettice' (Preston) Breckenridge;
half-brother of Robert Breckinridge; brother
of James Breckinridge; married, June 28,
1785, to Mary Hopkins Cabell; father of Letitia Preston
Breckinridge (who married Peter
Buell Porter and Alfred
William Grayson), Joseph Cabell
Breckinridge and Robert Jefferson
Breckinridge; nephew of William
Preston; uncle of James Douglas
Breckinridge; grandfather of John Cabell
Breckinridge (who married Mary Cyrene
Burch), Mary Cabell Breckinridge (who married Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864)), Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; great-grandfather of Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin
Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; second
great-grandfather of John Bayne
Breckinridge; cousin *** of John
Brown and James
Brown; first cousin of Francis
Smith Preston and James
Patton Preston; first cousin once removed of William
Campbell Preston, James
McDowell, John
Buchanan Floyd, John
Smith Preston and George
Rogers Clark Floyd. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Breckinridge
County, Ky. is named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Breckinridge, John Bayne
(1913-1979) —
also known as John B. Breckinridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
29, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 49th District, 1956-59; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1960-64, 1968-72; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1960;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1971; defeated, 1963; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1973-79; defeated in
primary, 1978.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., July 29,
1979 (age 65 years, 242
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Breckinridge, John Cabell
(1821-1875) —
also known as John C. Breckinridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
16, 1821.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1849-51; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1851-55; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1856;
Vice
President of the United States, 1857-61; Southern Democratic
candidate for President
of the United States, 1860; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1861; general in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Confederate
Secretary of War, 1865.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Expelled
from the U.S. Senate on December 4, 1861 for his participation in the
Confederate
military. Fled
to Cuba at the end of the war, and lived in England and Canada until
1869.
Slaveowner.
Died, from lung
disease and liver
cirrhosis, in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., May 17,
1875 (age 54 years, 121
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Clay (Smith) Breckinridge and Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge; married 1840 to
Elizabeth Lucas; married, December
12, 1843, to Mary Cyrene Burch; father
of Clifton Rodes Breckinridge; nephew of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; grandson of John Breckinridge; great-grandson of John
Witherspoon; great-grandnephew of William
Preston and William
Cabell; first cousin of Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of James Douglas Breckinridge, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin
Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; first cousin twice
removed of William
Cabell Jr., Francis
Smith Preston, William
Henry Cabell and James
Patton Preston; second cousin of Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; second cousin once removed of William
Campbell Preston, James
McDowell, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, John
Buchanan Floyd, John
Smith Preston, George
Rogers Clark Floyd, Edward
Carrington Cabell, Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed of Earle
Cabell; third cousin of John
William Leftwich. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The city
of Breckenridge,
Missouri, is named for
him. — The city
of Breckenridge,
Colorado, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS John C. Breckinridge (built 1943 at Savannah,
Georgia; scrapped 1960) was named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — BillionGraves
burial record — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about John C. Breckinridge:
William C. Davis, An
Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate
Government — Frank Hopkins Heck, Proud
Kentuckian, John C. Breckinridge, 1821-1875 — William
C. Davis, Breckinridge
: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol |
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Breckinridge, John W. —
of California.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly 5th District, 1884-85; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1884.
Burial location unknown.
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Breckinridge, Joseph Cabell
(1788-1823) —
also known as Cabell Breckinridge —
of Kentucky.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., July 24,
1788.
Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1817-18; secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1820-23; died in office 1823.
Presbyterian.
Died in an epidemic,
in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., September
1, 1823 (age 35 years, 39
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fayette County, Ky.; reinterment at
Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of John Breckinridge and Mary Hopkins
(Cabell) Brecinridge; brother of Letitia Preston Breckinridge (who
married Peter
Buell Porter and Alfred
William Grayson) and Robert Jefferson
Breckinridge; married to Mary Clay Smith; father of John Cabell Breckinridge (who married Mary Cyrene Burch); uncle of Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; grandfather of Clifton Rodes Breckinridge; grandnephew of William
Preston and William
Cabell; granduncle of Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin
Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; first cousin of James Douglas Breckinridge and Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell; first cousin once removed of William
Cabell Jr., Francis
Smith Preston, William
Henry Cabell, James
Patton Preston, Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; first cousin twice removed of Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; first cousin thrice removed of Earle
Cabell; second cousin of William
Campbell Preston, James
McDowell, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, John
Buchanan Floyd, John
Smith Preston, George
Rogers Clark Floyd and Edward
Carrington Cabell; second cousin once removed of John
William Leftwich. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Epitaph: "The Righteous Shall Be In
Everlasting Remembrance." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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Breckinridge, Mary
(1826-1907) —
also known as Mary Cyrene Burch —
Born in Georgetown, Scott
County, Ky., August
16, 1826.
Second
Lady of the United States, 1857-61.
Female.
Died in Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y., October
8, 1907 (age 81 years, 53
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Breckinridge, R. J. —
of Kentucky.
Kentucky
state attorney general, 1901-02.
Burial location unknown.
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Breckinridge, Robert
(1754-1833) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Virginia, 1754.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1792-95.
Died in 1833
(age about
79 years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Jefferson County, Ky.
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Breckinridge, Robert Jefferson
(1800-1871) —
of Kentucky.
Born near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., March 8,
1800.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1825-28; ordained
minister; president,
Jefferson College (now Washington and Jefferson College), 1845-47; Kentucky
superintendent of public instruction, 1849-53; candidate for delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., December
22, 1871 (age 71 years, 289
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of John Breckinridge and Mary Hopkins
(Cabell) Breckinridge; brother of Letitia Preston Breckinridge (who
married Peter
Buell Porter and Alfred
William Grayson) and Joseph Cabell
Breckinridge; married, March
11, 1823, to Ann Sophronisba Preston; married, April 1,
1847, to Virginia Hart Shelby; married, November
5, 1868, to Margaret F. White; father of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; uncle of
John Cabell Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); grandfather of Levin
Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; grandnephew of William
Preston and William
Cabell; granduncle of Clifton Rodes
Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925); first cousin of James Douglas Breckinridge and Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell; first cousin once removed of William
Cabell Jr., William
Henry Cabell, James
Patton Preston, Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; first cousin twice removed of Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; first cousin thrice removed of Earle
Cabell; second cousin of William
Campbell Preston, James
McDowell, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, John
Buchanan Floyd, John
Smith Preston, George
Rogers Clark Floyd and Edward
Carrington Cabell; second cousin once removed of John
William Leftwich. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Breckinridge, Robert Jefferson, Jr.
(1833-1915) —
also known as Robert J. Breckinridge, Jr. —
of Kentucky.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., September
14, 1833.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Kentucky secession convention, 1861; Representative
from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; common pleas
court judge in Kentucky, 1876.
Died March
13, 1915 (age 81 years, 180
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge and Ann
Sophonisba (Preston) Breckinridge; brother of William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; nephew
of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, William
Campbell Preston and John
Smith Preston; uncle of Levin
Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; grandson of John Breckinridge and Francis
Smith Preston; grandnephew of James
Patton Preston; great-grandson of William
Preston and William
Campbell; great-grandnephew of William
Cabell and Patrick
Henry; first cousin of John Cabell
Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin once removed of James Douglas Breckinridge, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, James
McDowell, John
Buchanan Floyd, George
Rogers Clark Floyd, Clifton Rodes
Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925); first cousin twice removed of William
Cabell Jr. and William
Henry Cabell; second cousin of Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; second cousin once removed of Valentine
Wood Southall, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, Samuel
Meredith Garland (1802-1880), Edward
Carrington Cabell, Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed of Earle
Cabell; third cousin of John
William Leftwich and Stephen
Valentine Southall; third cousin once removed of Samuel
Meredith Garland (1861-1945). |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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W. N. See William Norwood
Breckinridge |
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Breckinridge, William Campbell Preston
(1837-1904) —
also known as William C. P. Breckinridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., August
28, 1837.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1876,
1880;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1885-95; defeated
(Gold Democratic), 1896.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
In 1894, he was successfully sued for breach of promise by a former
mistress; he acknowledged the affair, affair, but the scandal
ended his political career.
Slaveowner.
Died, of apoplexy,
in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., November
18, 1904 (age 67 years, 82
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge and Ann
Sophonisba (Preston) Breckinridge; brother of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr.; married, March
17, 1859, to Lucretia Hart Clay (daughter of Thomas
Hart Clay); married, September
19, 1861, to Issa Desha (granddaughter of Joseph
Desha); married to Louisa Rucks (Scott) Wing; father of Desha Breckinridge; nephew of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, William
Campbell Preston and John
Smith Preston; uncle of Levin
Irving Handy and Henry Skillman
Breckinridge; grandson of John
Breckinridge and Francis
Smith Preston; grandnephew of James
Patton Preston; granduncle of John Bayne
Breckinridge; great-grandson of William
Preston and William
Campbell; great-grandnephew of William
Cabell and Patrick
Henry; first cousin of John Cabell
Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin once removed of James Douglas Breckinridge, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, James
McDowell, John
Buchanan Floyd, George
Rogers Clark Floyd, Clifton Rodes
Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925); first cousin twice removed of William
Cabell Jr. and William
Henry Cabell; second cousin of Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; second cousin once removed of Valentine
Wood Southall, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, Samuel
Meredith Garland (1802-1880), Edward
Carrington Cabell, Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed of Earle
Cabell; third cousin of John
William Leftwich and Stephen
Valentine Southall; third cousin once removed of Samuel
Meredith Garland (1861-1945). |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Breckinridge, William
Norwood —
also known as W. N. Breckinridge —
of Fincastle, Botetourt
County, Va.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
1924,
1940
(alternate); delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to Virginia limited constitutional convention 20th District, 1945.
Burial location unknown.
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