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Cabell Breckinridge
Joseph "Cabell" Breckinridge
(July 14, 1788 – September 1, 1823) was a lawyer and politician in the
U.S. state
of
Kentucky
. From 1816 to 1819, he was a member of the
Kentucky House of Representatives
, serving as speaker from 1817 to 1819. In 1820, he was appointed
Kentucky Secretary of State
by
Governor
John Adair
. A member of the
Breckinridge political family
, he was the son of
U.S. Attorney General
John Breckinridge
and the father of
U.S. Vice President
John C. Breckinridge
.
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