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Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr.

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Name
  
Robert Breckinridge,

Grandparents
  
John Breckinridge

Cousins
  
John C. Breckinridge

Died
  
March 13, 1915

Role
  
Politician


Parents
  
Robert Jefferson Breckinridge

Siblings
  
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge, Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr.

Similar People
  
Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Sophonisba Breckinridge, John C Breckinridge, John Breckinridge

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. (September 14, 1833 – March 13, 1915) 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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Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. Wikipedia