John Breckinridge (U.S. Attorney General)

John Breckinridge was an American lawyer, slave-owning planter, soldier, and politician in Virginia and Kentucky. He served several terms each in both state's legislatures before legislators elected him to the U.S. Senate. He also served as 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.

2 December 1760

Born on the same birth date (2 December 1760): Joseph Graetz

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Born in the same month (December 1760): Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie • Joseph Graetz