Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. (September 14, 1833 – March 13, 1915) was a
Kentucky
Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...
politician and a member of the
Breckenridge political family.
Life
He was the son of
Robert Jefferson Breckinridge
Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (March 8, 1800 – December 27, 1871) was a politician and Presbyterian minister. He was a member of the Breckinridge family of Kentucky, the son of Senator John Breckinridge.
A restless youth, Breckinridge ...
and brother of
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (August 28, 1837 – November 18, 1904) was a lawyer and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from Kentucky; a U.S. Representative from 1885 to 1895. He was a scion of the Breckinridge fam ...
. He was born in
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore is the List of municipalities in Maryland, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. With a population of 585,708 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census and estimated at 568,271 in 2024, it is the List of United States ...
. He served as a colonel in the
Confederate Army
The Confederate States Army (CSA), also called the Confederate army or the Southern army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fi ...
in the
Civil War
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. He later represented
Kentucky
Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...
in the
First Confederate Congress
The 1st Confederate States Congress, consisting of the Confederate States Senate and the Confederate States House of Representatives, convened between February 18, 1862, and February 17, 1864. This assembly took place during the first two years ...
from 1862 to 1864. After the war he served as a judge. He married Katharine Morrison in 1856.
See also
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Breckinridge family in the American Civil War
•
Kentucky in the American Civil War
History of Kentucky, Kentucky was a southern Border states (American Civil War), border state of key importance in the American Civil War. It officially declared its neutrality at the beginning of the war, but after a failed attempt by C ...
External links
*http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#R9M0IQCMB
1833 births
1915 deaths
Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from Kentucky
Breckinridge family
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