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Politician members in Kentucky

Henry Skillman Breckinridge (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.   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   Edwin Farley (1842-1929) — of Owensboro, Daviess County, Ky.; Paducah, McCracken County, Ky. Born in Walworth County, Wis., August 28, 1842. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; grocer; barrel manufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1880 (alternate), 1884; postmaster at Paducah, Ky., 1892-93; Kentucky state treasurer, 1908-12. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion. Died in Paducah, McCracken County, Ky., September 18, 1929 (age 87 years, 21 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Paducah, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Michael Farley and Mary (Dolan) Farley; married, October 3, 1871, to Ella Marguerite Nunn.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William Cassius Goodloe (1841-1889) — also known as W. Cassius Goodloe — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky. Born in Madison County, Ky., June 27, 1841. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1868, 1872 (delegation chair), 1884, 1888; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1871; defeated, 1867; member of Republican National Committee from Kentucky, 1872-; member of Kentucky state senate, 1873; candidate for Kentucky state attorney general, 1875; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1878-80. Episcopalian. Member, Loyal Legion. During a violent encounter in the lobby of the Lexington Post Office, he repeatedly stabbed and ultimately killed a political enemy, Col. Armistead Swope, who meanwhile shot and badly wounded him; before any prosecution could ensue, he died of his own wounds two days later, in the Phoenix Hotel, Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., November 8, 1889 (age 48 years, 134 days). Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.   Relatives: Son of David Short Goodloe and Sally Anne Lewis Clay (Smith) Goodloe; brother of Green Clay Goodloe (son-in-law of James Burnie Beck); married 1865 to Mary Elizabeth Mann; nephew of Cassius Marcellus Clay; grandfather of William Cassius Goodloe III.   Political family: Wilson-Dunn family of Kentucky (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   George Post Wheeler (1869-1956) — also known as Post Wheeler — Born in Owego, Tioga County, N.Y., August 6, 1869. Newspaper editor; mining business; author; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1930-33; Albania, 1933-34; poet. Member, Loyal Legion; Freemasons. Died in 1956 (age about 86 years). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary

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