Daniel Breck

Whig Representative of Kentucky's 6th district

  • Representative

    Kentucky, district 6

    December 3, 1849 - March 3, 1851

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Congresses Served

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House Terms

February 12, 1788 (82 years old)

Birthday

February 4, 1871

Death

  • Served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky
  • Born in Topsfield, Massachusetts
  • Graduated from Dartmouth College in 1812
  • Admitted to the bar in 1814 and commenced practice in Richmond, Kentucky
  • Served as a judge of the Richmond County Court
  • Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1824 to 1827 and again in 1834
  • President of the Richmond branch of the State Bank of Kentucky from 1835 to 1843
  • Appointed associate judge of the Supreme Court of Kentucky in 1843, serving until 1849
  • Owned slaves
  • Elected as a Whig to the Thirty-First Congress
  • Died in Richmond, Kentucky, and is buried at Richmond Cemetery