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John Breckinridge

1760 - 1806

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John Breckinridge (December 2, 1760 – December 14, 1806) was an American politician, militia officer, planter, and lawyer. He served several terms in the state legislatures of Virginia and Kentucky before being elected to the United States Senate. Breckinridge also served as the United States Attorney General during the second term of President Thomas Jefferson. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Breckinridge has received more than 13,405 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). John Breckinridge is the 17,535th most popular politician (down from 15,896th in 2019), the 12,541st most popular biography from United States (down from 11,152nd in 2019) and the 857th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Breckinridge ranks 17,535 out of 19,576. Before him are Patricia Roberts Harris, Coffi Codjia, Jean-François Copé, Pere Aragonès, George Barnes, and Walter Rutherford. After him are David Paterson, Kuldip Nayar, Ted Lindsay, Sotsha Dlamini, Julius Chan, and Carlos Alvarado Quesada.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1760, John Breckinridge ranks 38. Before him are Maria Cosway, Ferdinand Bauer, Ivan Dmitriev, Thomas Clarkson, Oliver Wolcott Jr., and Jonathan Dayton.  Among people deceased in 1806, John Breckinridge ranks 53. Before him are Rana Bahadur Shah, Robert Morris, William Paterson, Charlotte Smith, John Graves Simcoe, and George Wythe. After him is Elizabeth Carter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Breckinridge ranks 12,541 out of 20,380. Before him are Cathy Lee Crosby (1944), Nicole Eggert (1972), The Boogeyman (1964), Cliff Hagan (1931), Cynthia Weil (1940), and Greg Maddux (1966). After him are David Paterson (1954), Darby Stanchfield (1971), Morgan Woodward (1925), Madeline Manning (1948), Dorothy Phillips (1889), and Sophie B. Hawkins (1964).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Breckinridge ranks 857. Before him are Jan Brewer (1944), Tom Foley (1929), Thomas Corwin (1794), Arlen Specter (1930), Patricia Roberts Harris (1924), and George Barnes (1892). After him are David Paterson (1954), Henry A. Wise (1806), Raffi Hovannisian (1959), Eliot Spitzer (1959), Kim Reynolds (1959), and Kelly Craft (1962).

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