John Breckinridge (abt. 1760 - 1806)

Born about 2 Dec 1760 in Augusta, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Hopkins (Cabell) Breckinridge — married 28 Jun 1785 in Buckingham, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Dec 1806 at about age 46 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

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Preceded by 4th Attorney General Levi Lincoln Sr. Preceded by Humphrey Marshall

John Breckinridge 5th United States Attorney General 1805—1806 US Senator (Class 3) from Kentucky[1] 1792—1795

Succeeded by 6th Attorney General Caesar Augustus Rodney Succeeded by John Adair

Biography

John Breckinridge is Notable.

Years of Service: 1801-1805

Party: Republican

BRECKINRIDGE, John, (brother of James Breckinridge, grandfather of John Cabell Breckinridge and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge, great-grandfather of Clifton RodesBreckinridge, great-great-grandfather of John Bayne Breckinridge, cousin of John Brown, James Brown, and Francis Preston), a Senator from Kentucky; born near Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia, December 2, 1760; educated at Augusta Academy, near Staunton (now Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia), and at William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia; elected a member of the house of burgesses in 1780 when nineteen years of age, but being under age was not allowed to take his seat until elected the third time; served as subaltern in the Virginia Militia during the Revolutionary War; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1785 and commenced practice in Charlottesville, Va.; elected as a Democrat to the Third Congress, but resigned in 1792 before the commencement of the congressional term; moved to Kentucky in 1793 and resumed the practice of law in Lexington; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1794; appointed attorney general of Kentucky in 1795 and served until November 30, 1797, when he resigned; member, State house of representatives 1798-1800, serving as speaker in 1799 and 1800; member of the State constitutional convention in 1799; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1801, until August 7, 1805, when he resigned to accept the position of Attorney General of the United States in the Cabinet of President Thomas Jefferson; served in this capacity until his death at °Cabells Dale, near Lexington, Ky., December 14, 1806; interment in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.^[2]

Burial

Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA

Plot: Section O, Lot 134^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Resigned to become U.S. Attorney General, vacant August 7, 1805 – November 8, 1805 when successor elected.
2. ↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
3. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 6807557

• John Breckinridge on Wikipedia
• DAB; Harrison, Lowell. John Breckinridge, Jeffersonian Republican.
• Louisville: Filson Club, 1969; Klotter, James C. The Breckinridges of Kentucky: Two Centuries of Leadership. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1986
• Source: S4 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls; Repository: #R1

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