Background
Breckinridge was born near Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia.
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James Breckinridge
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Education
He studied under private tutors and during the Revolutionary War, he served in Colonel Preston"s rifle regiment under General Nathanael Greene. He attended Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) and was graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1785.
Career
He served in the Virginia House of Delegates, as well as the United States. House of Representatives. He also fought in the American Revolutionary War and served as a brigadier-general during the War of 1812. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and practiced in Fincastle.
He built Breckinridge Mill in 1822, to replace an earlier mill he built in 1804.
lieutenant was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, with a boundary increase in 2002. Breckinridge served as a delegate to the Virginia House of Delegates intermittently between 1789 and 1824.
He took a special interest in the construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. He was then elected as a Federalist to the Eleventh Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1817).
Elections
1809; Breckinridge was elected to the United States. House of Representatives with 56.72% of the vote, defeating Democrat-Republican Alexander Wilson.
1811. Breckinridge was re-elected with 58.4% of the vote, defeating Democrat-Republican Thomas L. Preston. 1813; Breckinridge was re-elected unopposed.
1815; Breckinridge was re-elected unopposed.
Breckinridge died at his country home, "Grove Hill," Botetourt County, Virginia, May 13, 1833 and was buried in the family burial plot on his estate near Fincastle.
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Political Party
Federalist Party