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William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (August 28, 1837 – November 18, 1904) was a lawyer and Democratic politician from Kentucky; a U.S. Representative from 1885 to 1895. He was a scion of the Breckinridge political family : grandson of Senator John Breckinridge , and first cousin of Vice President John C. Breckinridge .
William Lewis Breckinridge (July 22, 1803 – December 26, 1876) was an American pastor and educator. The son of Senator John Breckinridge, he was born near Lexington, Kentucky, and attended college at Transylvania University. Early in his career, he became an emancipationist, and he entered academia in 1831 when he began teaching ancient ...
Marie Lettice Preston Breckinridge (born 1836), married Rev. William Collins Handy in 1857. William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (1837–1904), delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1876, U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1885–1895. Married Lucretia Hart Clay, granddaughter of Henry Clay.
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (1837–1904) Son of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge. Commissioned as a captain in the Confederate States Army in 1861, despite his father’s strong Unionist beliefs. Served in the cavalry under John Hunt Morgan, ending the war as Colonel of the 9th Kentucky Cavalry. He also served as a bodyguard to ...
January 31, 1931. (1931-01-31) (aged 84) Tucson, Arizona, US. Nationality. American. Known for. Lawman in the American Old West and author of Helldorado: Bringing the Law to the Mesquite. William Milton Breakenridge (December 25, 1846 – January 31, 1931) [1] was an American lawman, teamster, railroader, soldier and author.
978-0-3742-5266-3. Bringing Down the Colonel: A Sex Scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "Powerless" Woman Who Took On Washington is a 2018 book by Patricia Miller, a journalist for Religion Dispatches. [1] The book describes the late-19th-century political sex scandal between Kentucky politician William Breckinridge and Madeline Pollard, a student.
Breckinridge Long was born on May 16, 1881, to Margaret Miller Breckinridge and William Strudwick Long in St. Louis, Missouri.Long was a member of the Breckinridge family, which has been described as "practically Confederate aristocracy". [2]
Battles/wars. American Revolutionary War. John Breckinridge (December 2, 1760 – December 14, 1806) was an American lawyer, slave-owning planter, soldier, and politician in Virginia and Kentucky. He served several terms each in both state's legislatures before legislators elected him to the U.S. Senate. He also served as United States Attorney ...