Daniel Breck (February 12, 1788 – February 4, 1871) was a member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Kentucky
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.
Daniel Breck (brother of
Samuel Breck) was born in
Topsfield, Massachusetts
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. He graduated from
Dartmouth College
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in
Hanover, New Hampshire
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, in 1812. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1814 and commenced practice in
Richmond, Kentucky
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, in October of the same year. He was judge of the Richmond County Court. He was a member of the
Kentucky House of Representatives
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from 1824 to 1827 and again in 1834. He was president of the Richmond branch of the State Bank of Kentucky from 1835 to 1843. He was appointed associate judge of the
Supreme Court of Kentucky
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on April 7, 1843, and served until 1849. He owned slaves.
Breck was elected as a
Whig to the
Thirty-first Congress. He returned to Richmond, Kentucky, and again served as president to the Richmond branch of the State bank. He died in Richmond on February 4, 1871 and is buried at the Richmond Cemetery.
References
The Political Graveyard*
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1788 births
1871 deaths
People from Topsfield, Massachusetts
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