# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-breckinridge
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:58:24.761Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-breckinridge"
name: "John Breckinridge"
slug: "john-breckinridge"
description: "John Breckinridge was an American politician, militia officer, planter, and lawyer. He served several terms in the state legislatures of Virginia and Kentucky before being elected to the United States Senate. Breckinridge also served as the United States Attorney General during the second term of President Thomas Jefferson. He was the progenitor of Kentucky's Breckinridge family and the namesake of Breckinridge County, Kentucky."
tagline: "American politician (1760–1806)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John-Breckinridge-portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1760-12-02"
deathDate: "1806-12-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.17656933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump