Desha Breckinridge

Desha Breckinridge in 1920

Desha Breckinridge (1867 – 1935) was the editor and publisher of the Lexington Herald from 1897 to 1935. In 1898 he married Madeline McDowell, who became nationally known as Madeline McDowell Breckinridge. He was a brother of Sophonisba Breckinridge and the son of William Breckinridge, a member of Congress from Kentucky and a lawyer. His grandfather was the abolitionist minister Robert Jefferson Breckinridge. His great-grandfather was John Breckinridge.

Sources and External Links

• Breckinridge Family Papers at the Library of Congress

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Name	Breckinridge, Desha
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Date of birth	1867
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Date of death	1935
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