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    Lexington, Kentucky, in 1793. Breckinridge continued his legal and political career and was appointed as the state's attorney general soon after arriving. In...
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      Republican (40)   Denotes service as acting attorneys general before appointment or after resignation U.S.C. Title 28, §508 establishes the first two...
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  • James and John) began spelling the family name 'Breckinridge'. John Breckinridge (1760–1806), Member of House of Burgesses, U.S. District Attorney of Kentucky...
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    John Bayne Breckinridge (November 29, 1913 – July 29, 1979) was an American politician, a Democrat who served as Attorney General of Kentucky twice and...
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  • John Breckinridge or Breckenridge may refer to: John Breckinridge (U.S. Attorney General) (1760–1806), U.S. Senator and U.S. Attorney General John C. Breckinridge...
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    prominent Breckinridge family, the son of Vice President of the United States and Confederate General John C. Breckinridge and the great-grandson of U.S. Senator...
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  • John Breckinridge (U.S. Attorney General) (1760–1806), United States Senator and Attorney General John B. Breckinridge (1913–1979), Attorney General of...
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  • Senator Breckinridge may refer to: John C. Breckinridge (1821–1875), U.S. Senator from Kentucky in 1861 John Breckinridge (U.S. Attorney General) (1760–1806)...
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    Breckinridge, who served in the U.S. Senate and as attorney general under President Thomas Jefferson. As a state legislator, Breckinridge had introduced the Kentucky...
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    named for John Breckinridge (1760–1806), a Kentucky Attorney General, state legislator, United States Senator, and United States Attorney General. It was...
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    (Pennsylvania), former U.S. Senator Senator John Breckinridge from Kentucky Governor George Clinton of New York Postmaster General Gideon Granger from Connecticut...
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    political philosophies of his late grandfather, U.S. Attorney General John Breckinridge. John Breckinridge believed the federal government was created by...
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    of U.S. Attorney General John Breckinridge (and the great-grandchild of both U.S. Vice President and Confederate general John C. Breckinridge and Wells...
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    accepted. Southern Democratic candidates: John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States Daniel S. Dickinson, former senator from New York Robert...
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  • 5, 2010. the United States Congress, Biographical Directory of. "BRECKINRIDGE, John - Biographical Information". Retrieved April 5, 2010. {{cite web}}:...
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    The attorney general of Kentucky is the chief legal officer of the U.S. state of Kentucky, created by the Kentucky Constitution (Ky.Const. § 91). Under...
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    Mary Cyrene Breckinridge (née Burch; August 16, 1826 – October 8, 1907) was the wife of John C. Breckinridge and served as the second lady of the United...
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  • Kentucky) lawyer, Senator, and U.S. Attorney General John Breckinridge (1760–1806) and his wife Mary Hopkins Cabell Breckinridge (1769–1858), of another distinguished...
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    the Lindbergh kidnapping trial he served as Charles Lindbergh's attorney. Breckinridge opposed the New Deal from the right. As an opponent of President...
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    John Breckinridge and Mary Hopkins Cabell; John was a sitting U.S. senator at the time of William's birth and later became U.S. attorney general. William...
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    Kamala Harris (category California attorneys general)
    president by a major U.S. political party. From 2017 to 2021, she represented California in the U.S. Senate, and was attorney general of California from...
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    represented the state in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and twice served as United States Attorney General in the administrations of...
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    Kentucky. Her great-grandfather was John Breckinridge, the United States Attorney General. Her cousin, John C. Breckinridge, was Vice President of the United...
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    Henry Skillman Breckinridge, an anti-New Deal lawyer from New York, filed to run against Roosevelt in four primaries. Breckinridge's challenge of the...
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    nepotism, Kennedy's father insisted that Robert Kennedy become U.S. Attorney General, and the younger Kennedy became the "assistant president" who advised...
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    nominated the pro-slavery incumbent vice president, John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky, for president and General Joseph Lane, of Oregon, for vice president. The...
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    James Breckinridge (March 7, 1763 – May 13, 1833) was a Virginia lawyer and politician and a member of the Breckinridge family. He served in the Virginia...
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    to the U.S. National Archives, which recovered them the next day. On November 14, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed U.S. attorney John R. Lausch...
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    James Breckenridge Speed (alternatively James Breckinridge Speed; January 4, 1844 – July 7, 1912) was an American corporate executive, entrepreneur, and...
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    United States Senate to fill the seat vacated when John Breckinridge resigned to become Attorney General of the United States in the Cabinet of Thomas Jefferson...
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