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Henry Clay (1777-1852) —
also known as "The Sage of Ashland"; "The
Great Compromiser" —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., April 12,
1777.
Son of John Clay and Elizabeth (Hudson) Clay.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1803; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1806-07, 1810-11, 1831-42, 1849-52; died
in office 1852; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1811-14, 1815-21, 1823-25 (5th
District 1811-13, at-large 1813-14, 2nd District 1815-21, 3rd
District 1823-25); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1811-14, 1815-20, 1823-25; candidate for President
of the United States, 1824, 1832 (National Republican), 1844
(Whig); U.S.
Secretary of State, 1825-29; candidate for Whig nomination for
President, 1839.
Member, Freemasons.
In 1809, he fought a duel
with Humphrey
Marshall, in which both men were wounded. Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appeared on
some U.S. currency
issued in the 19th or early 20th century.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 29,
1852 (age 75 years, 78
days).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of John Clay and Elizabeth (Hudson) Clay; first cousin once removed
of Matthew
Clay (1754-1815) and Green
Clay; brother of Porter
Clay; third cousin of Clement
Comer Clay; second cousin of Matthew
Clay (1795?-1827), Brutus
Junius Clay (1808-1878) and Cassius
Marcellus Clay; father of Thomas
Hart Clay and James
Brown Clay; third cousin once removed of Clement
Claiborne Clay, Jr.; granduncle of Ellen Hart Ross (who married
James
Reily); second cousin once removed of Brutus
Junius Clay (1847-1932); grandfather of Henry
Clay (1849-1884). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Clay counties in Ala., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kan., Minn., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Henry
Clay Longnecker
— Henry
Clay Dean
— Henry
Clay Brockmeyer
— Henry
Clay Ewing
— Henry
Clay Caldwell
— Henry
Clay Hall
— Henry
Clay Gooding
— Henry
Clay Naill
— H.
Clay Harris
— Henry
Clay Miner
— Henry
C. Warmouth
— Henry
Clay Cleveland
— H.
Clay Evans
— Henry
C. Payne
— Henry
C. Bates
— Henry
C. McCormick
— Henry
C. Ide
— Henry
C. Simms
— Henry
Clay Ferguson
— Henry
C. Glover
— Henry
C. Hansbrough
— Henry
C. Snodgrass
— H.
Clay Maydwell
— Henry
C. Gleason
— Henry
C. Loudenslager
— H.
Clay Van Voorhis
— Henry
C. Clippinger
— H.
Clay Bascom
— H.
Clay Howard
— Henry
C. Hall
— H.
Clay Crawford
— Henry
Clay Meacham
— H.
Clay Heather
— H.
Clay Suter
— H.
Clay Warth
— Henry
Clay Elwood
— H.
Clay Kennedy
— H.
Clay Needham
— H.
Clay Mace
— H.
Clay Armstrong
— H.
Clay Baldwin
— H.
Clay Haynes
— H.
Clay Burkholder
— Mrs.
H. Clay Kauffman
— Henry
C. Greenberg
— H.
Clay Gardenhire, Jr.
— Henry
Clay Cox
— H. Clay
Myers, Jr.
— H.
Clay Johnson
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Henry Clay: Robert Vincent
Remini, Henry
Clay: Statesman for the Union — Maurice G. Baxter, Henry
Clay the Lawyer — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney,
Kings
Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American
History — Merrill D. Peterson, The
Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun |
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John Cabell Breckinridge (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.
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John Breckinridge (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.
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James Burnie Beck (1822-1890) —
also known as James B. Beck —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Dumfriesshire (now Dumfries and Galloway), Scotland,
February
13, 1822.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1867-75; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1877-90; died in office 1890.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 3,
1890 (age 68 years, 79
days).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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Randall Lee Gibson (1832-1892) —
also known as Randall L. Gibson —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Spring Hill, Woodford
County, Ky., September
10, 1832.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1875-83; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1883-92; died in office 1892.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., December
15, 1892 (age 60 years, 96
days).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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Leslie Combs (1852-1940) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Little Compton, Newport
County, R.I., July 31,
1852.
Son of Gen. Leslie Combs and Mary Elizabeth (Brownell) Combs.
Republican. Farmer; rancher;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1896,
1904;
Kentucky
Republican state chair, 1900; U.S. Minister to Honduras, 1902-06; Guatamala, 1903-07; Peru, 1907-11.
Died November
18, 1940 (age 88 years, 110
days).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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Thomas Hart Clay (1803-1871) —
also known as Thomas H. Clay —
of Kentucky.
Born September
22, 1803.
Son of Henry
Clay (1777-1852).
U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1863; Honduras, 1863.
Died near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., March 18,
1871 (age 67 years, 177
days).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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Clifton Rodes Breckinridge (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.
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Joseph Smith Fowler (1820-1902) —
also known as Joseph S. Fowler —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, August
31, 1820.
Republican. College
professor; president,
Howard Female College, Gallatin, Tenn., 1856-61; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1864;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1866-71; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1866-68; Presidential Elector
for Tennessee, 1872.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1902 (age 81 years, 213
days).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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William Cassius Goodloe (1841-1889) —
also known as W. Cassius Goodloe —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., June 27,
1841.
Son of D. I. Goodloe.
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.
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Thomas Rust Underwood (1898-1956) —
also known as Thomas R. Underwood —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Kentucky, 1898.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1948,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1949-51; resigned
1951; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1951-52.
Died in 1956
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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George Robertson (1790-1874) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Mercer
County, Ky., November
18, 1790.
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1817-21; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1822-27, 1848, 1851-52; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1823, 1825-27,
1851-52; secretary of
state of Kentucky, 1828; state court judge in Kentucky, 1829-34.
Died in 1874
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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John Young Brown, Sr. (1900-1985) —
also known as John Y. Brown —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born near Geigers Lake, Union
County, Ky., February
1, 1900.
Son of Jesse C. Brown and Lucy (Keeper) Brown.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
principal; athletic
coach; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1930-33, 1946-47, 1954-55,
1962-63, 1966-67 (76th District 1930-31, 75th District 1932-33, 49th
District 1946-47, 1954-55, 1962-63, 56th District 1966-67); defeated
in primary, 1973; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1933-35; defeated in
primary, 1980; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1936 (primary), 1942 (primary), 1946, 1948
(primary), 1966; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1936,
1948,
1964
(alternate), 1980;
candidate in primary for Governor of
Kentucky, 1939.
Methodist;
later Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Phi
Kappa Tau; Phi
Alpha Delta; Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 16,
1985 (age 85 years, 135
days).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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John Bayne Breckinridge (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.
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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.
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.
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Arthur Blythe Rouse (1874-1956) —
also known as Arthur B. Rouse —
of Burlington, Boone
County, Ky.; Erlanger, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Burlington, Boone
County, Ky., June 20,
1874.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1903-10; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1911-27.
Died in 1956
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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John Telemachus Johnson (1788-1856) —
also known as John T. Johnson —
of Georgetown, Scott
County, Ky.
Born in Great Crossings, Scott
County, Ky., October
5, 1788.
Member of Kentucky state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1821-25 (3rd District 1821-23, 5th
District 1823-25); state court judge in Kentucky, 1826.
Died December
17, 1856 (age 68 years, 73
days).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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George Madison Adams (1837-1920) —
of Winchester, Clark
County, Ky.
Born in Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky., December
20, 1837.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1867-75 (8th District 1867-73, 9th
District 1873-75); defeated, 1874; Clerk of the U.S. House of
Representatives, 1875-1881; secretary of
state of Kentucky, 1887-91.
Died April 6,
1920 (age 82 years, 108
days).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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King Swope (1893-1961) —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., August
10, 1893.
Son of James H. Swope and Mary Jessie (King) Swope.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1919-21; defeated,
1920; state court judge in Kentucky, 1931; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1935, 1939; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1936,
1940,
1944.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Elks.
Died in 1961
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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Thomas Alexander Marshall (1794-1871) —
also known as Thomas A. Marshall —
of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born near Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky., January
15, 1794.
Son of Humphrey
Marshall.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1827; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1831-35 (2nd District 1831-33, 12th
District 1833-35); state court judge in Kentucky, 1835.
Died April 17,
1871 (age 77 years, 92
days).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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James Brown Clay (1817-1864) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
9, 1817.
Son of Henry
Clay (1777-1852).
Democrat. U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Portugal, 1849-50; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1857-59.
Died of tuberculosis,
in Montreal, Quebec,
January
26, 1864 (age 46 years, 78
days).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (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.
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Elisha I. Winter (1781-1849) —
of New York.
Born in New York, 1781.
U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1813-15.
Died in 1849
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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Aylette Buckner (1806-1869) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Greensburg, Green
County, Ky., July 21,
1806.
Son of Richard
Aylett Buckner.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1842; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1847-49.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., July 3,
1869 (age 62 years, 347
days).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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Alexander Keith Marshall (1808-1884) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Kentucky, 1808.
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1855-57; defeated,
1847.
Died in 1884
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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George Sea Shanklin (1807-1883) —
also known as George S. Shanklin —
of Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky.
Born in Kentucky, December
23, 1807.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1865-67.
Died April 1,
1883 (age 75 years, 99
days).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, 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.
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William Preston Kimball (1857-1926) —
also known as William P. Kimball —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born near East Hickman, Fayette
County, Ky., November
4, 1857.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1883; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1907-09.
Died February
24, 1926 (age 68 years, 112
days).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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Jouett Shouse (1879-1968) —
of Kinsley, Edwards
County, Kan.
Born in Midway, Woodford
County, Ky., December
10, 1879.
Democrat. Member of Kansas
state senate, 1913-15; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 7th District, 1915-19; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1920,
1924.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 2,
1968 (age 88 years, 175
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Lexington Cemetery.
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Leslie Combs (1793-1881) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in 1793.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate to
Whig National Convention from Kentucky, 1839 (member, Committee on
Permanent Organization; member, Balloting Committee); Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1846-47; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1851.
Died in 1881
(age about
88 years).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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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.
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.
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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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Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (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.
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Mitchell Cary Alford (1855-1914) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Fayette
County, Ky., 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1891-95.
Died December
9, 1914 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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James Reily (1811-1863) —
of Texas.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, July 3,
1811.
Son of John Reily and Nancy (Hunter) Reily.
Lawyer;
major in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-41; Texas Republic
Minister to the United States, 1841-42; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1853-54; U.S. Consul in SAINT Petersburg, 1856; colonel in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War.
Presbyterian;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Killed
in the Battle of Camp Bisland, on Bayou Teche, near Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., April 14,
1863 (age 51 years, 285
days).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (1810-1870) —
also known as D. C. Wickliffe —
of Kentucky.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., March 15,
1810.
Democrat. Secretary of
state of Kentucky, 1862-63.
Died May 3,
1870 (age 60 years, 49
days).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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Jacob Embry Allen (1868-1919) —
also known as J. Embry Allen —
of Fayette
County, Ky.
Born December
31, 1868.
Son of Benjamin
R. Allen.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state senate 27th District, 1900-06.
Died in Fayette
County, Ky., May 22,
1919 (age 50 years, 142
days).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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Richard Charles Stoll (1876-1949) —
also known as Richard C. Stoll —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., March 21,
1876.
Son of Richard
Pindell Stoll.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1912,
1916,
1920;
circuit judge in Kentucky, 1920-31.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif; Kappa
Alpha Order; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died June 26,
1949 (age 73 years, 97
days).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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Robert Middleton Bagby (1878-1955) —
also known as R. M. Bagby —
of Grayson, Carter
County, Ky.
Born in Greenup
County, Ky., September
21, 1878.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
member of Kentucky
state senate 32nd District, 1942-45.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., May 31,
1955 (age 76 years, 252
days).
Entombed at Lexington Cemetery.
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Emile B. Beatty (1892-1982) —
also known as Emil Beatty —
of Beattyville, Lee
County, Ky.
Born in Beattyville, Lee
County, Ky., October
11, 1892.
Son of James M. Beatty and Josephine (Blount) Beatty.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1936,
1940;
circuit judge in Kentucky 23rd District, 1946-52.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in 1982
(age about
89 years).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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Frederick Bernard Wachs (1897-1974) —
also known as Fred B. Wachs —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., October
22, 1897.
Son of Selmar Wachs and Emma (Niemeyer) Wachs.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; treasurer of
Kentucky Republican Party, 1930-67; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, Jaycees;
Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Newcomen
Society.
Died in 1974
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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Samuel H. Caddy (c.1884-1959) —
also known as Sam Caddy; "The Grand Old Man of
Kentucky Labor" —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Staffordshire, England,
about 1884.
Democrat. Union
organizer and labor leader;
district
president, United Mine Workers of America; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1936,
1940,
1952.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
United
Mine Workers.
Died, at Good Samaritan Hospital,
Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
24, 1959 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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Richard Pindell Stoll (d. 1902) —
also known as Richard P. Stoll —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1880,
1884,
1896
(alternate), 1900.
Died in 1902.
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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Basil W. Duke (1838-1916) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Scott
County, Ky., 1838.
General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives.
Died in 1916
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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Desha Breckinridge (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.
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John G. Stoll (d. 1959) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1924.
Died in 1959.
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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Robert D. Bolson (d. 1983) —
also known as Bob Bolson —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for Kentucky
state house of representatives 77th District, 1975.
Died in 1983.
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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Frank D. Peterson (d. 1996) —
of Campbellsville, Taylor
County, Ky.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1940.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
23, 1996.
Interment at Lexington Cemetery.
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