Daniel Breck

Daniel Breck (February 12, 1788 – February 4, 1871) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky.

Daniel Breck (brother of Samuel Breck) was born in Topsfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1812. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1814 and commenced practice in Richmond, Kentucky, in October of the same year. He was judge of the Richmond County Court. He was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1824 to 1827 and again in 1834. He was president of the Richmond branch of the State Bank of Kentucky from 1835 to 1843. He was appointed associate judge of the Supreme Court of Kentucky on April 7, 1843, and served until 1849.

Breck was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress. He returned to Richmond, Kentucky, and again served as president to the Richmond branch of the State bank. He died in Richmond on February 4, 1871. Interment in Richmond Cemetery.

References

• Daniel Breck at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard
• Allen, William B. (1872). A History of Kentucky: Embracing Gleanings, Reminiscences, Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, Statistics, and Biographical Sketches of Pioneers, Soldiers, Jurists, Lawyers, Statesmen, Divines, Mechanics, Farmers, Merchants, and Other Leading Men, of All Occupations and Pursuits. Bradley & Gilbert. pp. 277–278. http://books.google.com/books?id=s_wTAAAAYAAJ. Retrieved 2008-11-10. 

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Green Adams	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 6th congressional district 1849 - 1851	Succeeded by Addison White

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Name	Breck, Daniel
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	February 12, 1788
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Date of death	February 4, 1871
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