John B. Breckinridge
| John Bayne Breckinridge | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 6th district |
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In office January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 |
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| Preceded by | William P. Curlin, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Larry Hopkins |
| 38th & 40th Attorney General of Kentucky | |
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In office 1968–1972 |
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| Preceded by | Robert F. Matthews, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Ed W. Hancock |
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In office 1960–1964 |
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| Preceded by | Jo M. Ferguson |
| Succeeded by | Robert F. Matthews, Jr. |
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| Born | November 29, 1913 Washington, D.C. |
| Died | July 29, 1979 (aged 65) Lexington, Kentucky |
| Resting place | Lexington Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Parents | Scott Dudley Breckinridge, Sr. & Gertrude Ashby Bayne |
John Bayne Breckinridge (November 29, 1913 – July 29, 1979) was an American politician, a Democrat who served as Attorney General of Kentucky twice and also served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky.
Breckinridge was born in the District of Columbia and received his bachelors and law degrees from the University of Kentucky. He was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 1940 and practiced law in Lexington, Kentucky. He worked in the Anti-Trust Division of the United States Department of Justice in 1940-1941 and served in United States Army during World War II, 1941–1946, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Breckinridge was twice elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives and served there from 1956 to 1960.
Breckinridge was elected Attorney General of Kentucky in 1959 when Bert T. Combs led the Democratic ticket to victory. He served his first term in that office in 1960–1964. In that first term Breckinridge served on the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Law and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1960. Under state law at that time Breckinridge could not run for a second consecutive term as attorney general. He ran that year for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky but lost in the Democratic primary to Harry Lee Waterfield. After that defeat Breckinridge returned to his law practice and began planning for a return to public office.
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