Tags: Congressman.

William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (August 28 1837 – November 18 1904) was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Kentucky a Member of the Masonic Lodge and a Member of the Knights Templar. He was the first cousin of Vice President of the United States John C. Breckinridge.He was born in Baltimore Maryland and graduated from Centre College in Danville Kentucky in 1855. He went on to earn his Juris Doctor from the University of Louisville in 1857.

WCP_Breckinridge_cropped.jpg
active years end date
1895-03-03
active years start date
1885-03-04
alma mater
University of Louisville, Centre College
battle
American Civil War
birth date
1837-08-28
birth place
Baltimore
child
Sophonisba Breckinridge, Desha Breckinridge
country
Confederate States of America
death date
1904-11-18
military branch
Confederate States Army
military rank
Colonel
party
Democratic Party (United States)
profession
Lawyer
region
Kentucky's 7th congressional district
relation
John C. Breckinridge
resting place
Lexington Cemetery
successor
William Claiborne Owens

Loading...

This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "William Campbell Preston Breckinridge"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.