Loudoun County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Biographies.....Breathitt, John 1786 - 1834
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Author: John Howard Brown

Breathitt, John, governor of Kentucky, was born in Loudoun county, Va., Sept. 9,
1786. His father removed to Kentucky in 1800 and John was a surveyor and teacher
there. He was admitted to the bar in 1810 and practised in Frankfort, Ky. He was
for several years a representative in the state legislature, elected as a
Jacksonian Democrat; was lieutenant-governor of Kentucky, 1828-'32, and was
inaugurated governor June 1, 1832, holding the office at the time of his death
in Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 21, 1834.

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Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States.

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