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BRECKINRIDGE: See also
William
Breckinridge Ardery —
Joseph
Breckinridge Board, Jr. —
Samuel
Miller Breckinridge Long —
Robert
Breckinridge McAfee —
Charles
Breckinridge Parkhill —
Breckinridge
L. Willcox |
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Breckinridge, Arthur G. —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 34th District, 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.
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.
Son of Mary C. (Burch) Breckinridge and John
Cabell Breckinridge.
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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Breckinridge, Desha
(1867-1935) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., August 5,
1867.
Son of William Campbell Preston Breckinridge
and Issa (Desha) Breckinridge (1843-1892).
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 February
18, 1935 (age 67 years, 197
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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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.
Son of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1842-1921) and Louise Ludlow
(Dudley) Breckinridge (1849-1911).
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:
Great-grandson of John Breckinridge;
grandnephew of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge
(1788-1823); grandson of Robert Jefferson
Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of John Cabell Breckinridge; nephew of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; son of
Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1842-1921) and Louise Ludlow (Dudley)
Breckinridge (1849-1911); second cousin of Clifton Rodes Breckinridge; married, July 7,
1910, to Ruth (Bradley) Woodman (divorced 1925); married, August 5,
1927, to Aida (de Acosta) Root (divorced 1947); married, March 27,
1947, to Margaret Lucy Smith. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
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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.
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
(c.1781-1849) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Woodville, Jefferson
County, Ky., about 1781.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1809-11; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1821-23; defeated,
1822.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 6,
1849 (age about 68
years).
Original interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.; reinterment in 1867 at St.
Louis Catholic Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Breckinridge, John
(1760-1806) —
of Kentucky.
Born near Staunton, Augusta
County, Va., December
2, 1760.
Son of Letitia 'Lettice' (Preston) Breckinridge (1728-1798) and
Robert Breckinridge .
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.
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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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
21, 1821.
Son of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge and Mary
Clay (Smith) Breckinridge.
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.
Died, from lung disease
and liver
cirrhosis, in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., May 17,
1875 (age 54 years, 116
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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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) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., July 24,
1788.
Son of John Breckinridge.
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,
September
1, 1823 (age 35 years, 39
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.
Son of John Breckinridge and Mary Hopkins
(Cabell) Breckinridge (1769-1868).
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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Breckinridge, Robert Jefferson, Jr.
(1833-1915) —
also known as Robert J. Breckinridge, Jr. —
of Kentucky.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., September
14, 1833.
Son of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge.
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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Breckinridge, W. N. —
of Fincastle, Botetourt
County, Va.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
1924,
1940
(alternate).
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Son of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1876;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1885-95; defeated
(National 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.
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