Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr.

Politician, Deceased Person

1833 – 1915

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Who was Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr.?

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr. was a prominent Kentucky politician and a member of the Breckenridge political family. He was the son of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge and brother of William Campbell Preston Breckinridge. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He served as a colonel in the Confederate Army in the Civil War. He later represented Kentucky in the First Confederate Congress from 1862 to 1864. After the war he served as a judge. He married Katharine Morrison in 1856.

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Born
Sep 14, 1833
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  • United States of America
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Mar 13, 1915

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on July 23, 2013

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