Kentucky. Governor (1963-1967 : Breathitt)

John Breathitt, Kentucky's eleventh governor, was elected in 1832. He was the only Jacksonian Democrat elected governor between 1828 and 1850, and was the second Kentucky governor to die in office.

John Breathitt was born September 9, 1786 in New London, Virginia. In 1805 the family moved to Kentucky and settled in Russellville in Logan County. Though his schooling was meager, Breathitt learned enough to become both a teacher and a surveyor. While neither job paid particularly well, Breathitt acquired enough capital to allow him to study law. In 1810 he was admitted to the bar and developed a profitable practice, along with an interest in politics.

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