Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  John Brown (1757-1837) — of Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.Born inStaunton,Va.,September12, 1757.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate senate, 1784-88;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1787-88;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1789-92 (at-large 1789-91, 2ndDistrict 1791-92);U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1792-1805.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,August29, 1837 (age79 years, 351days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | John Breckinridge (1760-1806) — of Kentucky. Born near Staunton,AugustaCounty, Va.,December2, 1760.Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar;lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1793-94;Kentuckystate attorney general, 1793-97; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1798-1801;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1799-1801;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1801-05;U.S.Attorney General, 1805-06; died in office 1806.Presbyterian.Slaveowner. Died, from astomachinfection, in near Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,December14, 1806 (age46 years, 12days).Original interment atCabell's Dale Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.; reinterment in 1884 atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.| |  Relatives: Sonof Robert Breckenridge and Letitia 'Lettice' (Preston) Breckenridge;half-brother ofRobertBreckinridge; brother ofJamesBreckinridge; married,June 28,1785, to Mary Hopkins Cabell (sister-in-law ofWilliamJ. Lewis; aunt ofBenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell); father of Letitia Preston Breckinridge(who marriedPeterBuell Porter andAlfredWilliam Grayson),JosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) andRobertJefferson Breckinridge; nephew ofWilliamPreston; uncle ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge; grandfather ofJohnCabell Breckinridge (who marriedMaryCyrene Burch), Mary Cabell Breckinridge (who marriedPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864)),RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; great-grandfather ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; second great-grandfather ofJohnBayne Breckinridge; cousin *** ofJohnBrown andJamesBrown; first cousin ofFrancisSmith Preston andJamesPatton Preston; first cousin once removed ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JamesMcDowell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,JohnSmith Preston andGeorgeRogers Clark Floyd. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia;Brown-Breckinridgefamily of Lexington, Kentucky (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | BreckinridgeCounty, Ky. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | James Breckinridge (1763-1833) — of Virginia. Born near Fincastle,BotetourtCounty, Va.,March 7,1763.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1789-1802, 1806-08, 1819-21, 1823-24;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1809-17 (4th District 1809-11, 5thDistrict 1811-13, 4th District 1813-15, 5th District 1815-17);general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812.Slaveowner. Died inBotetourtCounty, Va.,May 13,1833 (age70 years, 67days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Botetourt County, Va. | | Francis Smith Preston (1765-1836) — also known asFrancis Preston — of Virginia. Born in Greenfield,BotetourtCounty, Va.,August2, 1765.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate senate, 1788-89, 1816-20;U.S.Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1793-97; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1812-14; general in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812.Slaveowner. Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,May 26,1836 (age70 years, 298days).Interment atAspenvaleCemetery, Seven Mile Ford, Va.| | Relatives: SonofWilliamPreston (1729-1783) and Susanna (Smith) Preston; brother ofJamesPatton Preston and Letitia Preston (who marriedJohnFloyd); married,January10, 1793, to Sarah Buchanan Campbell (daughter ofWilliamCampbell; niece ofPatrickHenry); father ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JohnSmith Preston and Margaret Buchanan Frances Preston (who marriedWadeHampton III); uncle ofJamesMcDowell,WilliamBallard Preston,JohnBuchanan Floyd,GeorgeRogers Clark Floyd andWilliamPreston (1816-1887); grandfather ofRobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; great-grandfather ofLevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; cousin *** ofJohnBrown,JamesBreckinridge andJamesBrown; first cousin ofJohnBreckinridge; first cousin once removed ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823); first cousin twice removed ofJohnCabell Breckinridge andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin thrice removed ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge andPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Brown-Breckinridgefamily of Lexington, Kentucky (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | James Brown (1766-1835) — of Kentucky; New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born near Staunton,AugustaCounty, Va.,September11, 1766.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1791;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1792-96;secretaryof Orleans Territory, 1804;U.S.Attorney for Louisiana, 1805-08;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1813-17, 1819-23; resigned 1823; U.S.Minister toFrance, 1823-29.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April 7,1835 (age68 years, 208days).Interment atChristChurch Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Jesse Bledsoe (1776-1836) — of Kentucky. Born inCulpeperCounty, Va.,April 6,1776.Democrat.Secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1808-12; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1812;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1813-14; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1817-20; Presidential Elector for Kentucky,1820(voted forJamesMonroe andDanielD. Tompkins); state court judge in Kentucky, 1822.Disciplesof Christ.Slaveowner. Died near Nacogdoches,NacogdochesCounty, Tex.,June 25,1836 (age60 years, 80days).Burial location unknown. | | Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (1793-1874) — also known asRobert E. B. Baylor — Born inLincolnCounty, Ky.,May 10,1793.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1819-20; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1824;U.S.Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1829-31; judge of TexasRepublic, 1841-45;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; district judge inTexas, 1845-60.Baptist.Member,Freemasons.One of thefounders,in 1845, of Baylor University, and of Baylor Female College (now theUniversity of Mary Hardin-Baylor).Slaveowner. Died in Gay Hill,WashingtonCounty, Tex.,January6, 1874 (age80 years, 241days).Original interment atOldBaylor University Campus, Independence, Tex.; reinterment in 1886atUniversityof Mary Hardin-Baylor Campus, Belton, Tex. | | Mason Brown (1799-1867) — of Maysville,MasonCounty, Ky.; Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November10, 1799.Democrat.Lawyer;circuit judge in Kentucky, 1839-49;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1855-59;Kentuckystate treasurer, 1865-67.Died in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,January27, 1867 (age67 years, 78days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Benjamin Gratz Brown (1826-1885) — also known asB. Gratz Brown;"BoozyGratz" —ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,May 28,1826.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1852-58; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Missouri,1860;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1863-67;Governor ofMissouri, 1871-73; Democratic candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1872.Died in Kirkwood,St. LouisCounty, Mo.,December13, 1885 (age59 years, 199days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Kirkwood, Mo.  | Emily Todd Helm (1836-1930) — also known asEmily T. Helm;Emilie ParietTodd —of Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,November11, 1836.Her husband was offered a position as paymaster of the Union Army,but chose to become a Confederate general, and was killed at theBattle of Chickamauga in 1863; she was granted safe passage to cometo the White House and stay with PresidentAbrahamLincoln and his family, despite harsh criticism in the Northernpress for harboring a Confederate; postmaster atElizabethtown,Ky., 1883-96.Female.Member,UnitedDaughters of the Confederacy.Died in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,February20, 1930 (age93 years, 101days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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