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John Breckinridge (U.S. Attorney General)
John Breckinridge
(December 2, 1760 – December 14, 1806) was a lawyer and politician from the
U.S. state
of
Virginia
. He served in the state legislatures of Virginia and
Kentucky
before being elected to the
U.S. Senate
and appointed
United States Attorney General
during the second term of
President
Thomas Jefferson
. He is the progenitor of Kentucky's
Breckinridge political family
and the namesake of
Breckinridge County, Kentucky
.
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