Breck, Daniel
soldier, lawyer, jurist, legislator, congressman, was born in 1788 in Boston, Mass. His first public position in Kentucky was that of judge of a county court. In 1824 he was elected to the state legislature; and was reelected for five years. From 1835 until 1840 he was president of the Branch bank of Kentucky at Richmond; in 1840 was a presidential elector; in 1843 was appointed judge of the supreme court of Kentucky; and was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1849 to 1851. He died in 1871.