Daniel Breck

Daniel Breck (born February 12, 1788 in Topsfield , Essex County , Massachusetts , †  February 4, 1871 in Richmond , Kentucky ) was an American politician . Between 1849 and 1851 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Daniel Breck was the younger brother of Samuel Breck (1771-1862), who sat between 1823 and 1825 for the State of Pennsylvania in Congress . He attended the public schools in his home country and then taught himself as a teacher for some time. He then studied at Dartmouth College in Hanover ( New Hampshire ) until 1812 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar in 1814, he began to work in Richmond in this profession. He later became a judge at the local district court. At the same time Breck began a political career. Between 1824 and 1827 and again in 1834 he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives . From 1835 to 1843 Breck headed the Richmond branch of the Kentucky State Bank. Between 1843 and 1849 he served as an associate judge on the Kentucky Supreme Court .

Politically, Breck joined the Whig Party . In the congressional election of 1848 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded Green Adams on March 4, 1849 . By March 3, 1851, he completed a legislative term in Congress that was marked by the debates on the question of slavery and the compromise of 1850 in the run-up to the civil war . After serving in the House of Representatives, Daniel Breck returned to Richmond. There he was again head of the local branch of the state bank. He died on February 4, 1871.

Web links

• Daniel Breck in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Daniel Breck in the database of Find a Grave (English)