John Kincaid (February 15, 1791 – February 7, 1873) was a

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from

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. He was born near

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, where he attended the public schools. He studied

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, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in

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. Kincaid served as a Kentucky Commonwealth attorney. He was also a member of the

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in 1819. He was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831). After leaving Congress, he was again a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1836 and 1837. He served as circuit judge in 1836 and 1837 and then resumed the practice of law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits, He moved to

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, in 1870 and died there on February 7, 1873. Kincaid was buried in

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, Danville, Kentucky.

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