Background
Breckenridge, John was born on July 4, 1797 in Cabell’s Dale, Kentucky, United States. Son of John and Mary (Cabell) Breckenridge.
Breckenridge, John was born on July 4, 1797 in Cabell’s Dale, Kentucky, United States. Son of John and Mary (Cabell) Breckenridge.
Graduated from College of New Jersey (now Princeton), 1818, attended Princeton Theological Seminary, 1820-1821.
Chaplain, United States Congress, 1822-1823. Ordained by Presbytery of West Lexington (Kentucky), 1823. Secretary, general agent Board Education of Presbyterian Church, 1831.
Professor pastoral theology Princeton Theological Seminary, 1836-1838.
Secretary, general agent American Board Foreign Missions, 1838-1840. President Oglethorpe (Georgia) University, 1841.
Noted for controversialist religious debates with Review John Hughes (archbishop of New York).
Married Margaret Miller, January 1823. Married second, Mary Babcock, 1840.