US Senator, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. Served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. United States Senator from from Kentucky 1801 to 1805. United States Attorney General from 1805 to1 806. Died in office. He was the Grandfather of United States Vice President John Cabell Breckinridge.
Obituary from the Kentucky Gazette --
Hon. John Breckinridge, Attorney-General of the United States. Died Sunday morning at 8 o'clock, Dec. 14, 1806, of an infection of the stomach.
US Senator, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. Served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. United States Senator from from Kentucky 1801 to 1805. United States Attorney General from 1805 to1 806. Died in office. He was the Grandfather of United States Vice President John Cabell Breckinridge.
Obituary from the Kentucky Gazette --
Hon. John Breckinridge, Attorney-General of the United States. Died Sunday morning at 8 o'clock, Dec. 14, 1806, of an infection of the stomach.
Family Members
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Robert Breckinridge
1720–1772
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Letitia Preston Breckinridge
1728–1798
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Mary Hopkins Cabell Breckinridge
1769–1858 (m. 1785)
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Alexander Breckenridge
1752–1801
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James Breckinridge
1763–1833
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Letitia Preston Breckinridge Porter
1786–1831
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Joseph Cabell Breckinridge
1788–1823
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Mary Ann Breckinridge Castleman
1794–1816
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John B. Breckinridge
1797–1841
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Robert Jefferson Breckinridge
1800–1871
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William Lewis Breckinridge
1803–1876
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James Monroe Breckinridge
1806–1820
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