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	Joseph Desha (1768-1842) — of Mayslick, Mason County, Ky. Born in Monroe County, Pa., December 9, 1768. Democrat. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1797; member of Kentucky state senate, 1803; U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1807-19 (6th District 1807-13, at-large 1813-15, 4th District 1815-19); Governor of Kentucky, 1824-28. Died in Georgetown, Scott County, Ky., October 12, 1842 (age 73 years, 307 days). Interment at Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Ky.   Relatives: Brother of Robert Desha; grandfather of Issa Desha (who married William Campbell Preston Breckinridge); great-grandfather of Desha Breckinridge (1867-1935).   Political families: Marshall-Harrison-Randolph-Cabell family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Henry family of Virginia; Kellogg-Seymour-Chapin-Adams family of Connecticut and New York; Desha-Breckinridge family of Lexington, Kentucky (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
	Robert Desha (1791-1849) — of Tennessee. Born near Gallatin, Sumner County, Tenn., January 4, 1791. U.S. Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1827-31. Died in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., February 6, 1849 (age 58 years, 33 days). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.   Relatives: Brother of Joseph Desha (1768-1842).   Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Henry family of Virginia; Desha-Breckinridge family of Lexington, Kentucky (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
	William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (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. Died, of apoplexy, in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., November 18, 1904 (age 67 years, 82 days). Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge and Ann Sophonisba (Preston) Breckinridge (1803-1844); brother of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr.; married, March 17, 1859, to Lucretia Hart Clay (1839-1860; daughter of Thomas Hart Clay); married, September 19, 1861, to Issa Desha (1843-1892; granddaughter of Joseph Desha); married to Louisa Rucks (Scott) Wing (1845-1920); 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 (1793-1862), 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, 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.   Political families: Marshall-Harrison-Randolph-Cabell family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Henry family of Virginia; Kellogg-Seymour-Chapin-Adams family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Bolling family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Desha Breckinridge (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.   Relatives: Son of William Campbell Preston Breckinridge and Issa (Desha) Breckinridge (1843-1892); married, November 17, 1898, to Madeline McDowell (1872-1920; social reformer); 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 and Edward Carrington Cabell; third cousin of Benjamin Earl Cabell (1858-1931) and Carter Henry Harrison II; third cousin once removed of John William Leftwich, Stephen Valentine Southall and Earle Cabell.   Political families: Marshall-Harrison-Randolph-Cabell family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Henry family of Virginia; Kellogg-Seymour-Chapin-Adams family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).   Epitaph: "Our boast of you is that we found you brave."   See also Find-A-Grave memorial