James Breathitt, Jr.

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James Breathitt, Jr. was an American politician from Kentucky.

Breathitt was born on 14 December 1890 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.


Breathitt was educated at Centre College.

Breathitt served in the Kentucky State Senate and then later as the Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1927 to 1931, under Governor Flem D. Sampson. Sampson was a Republican; Breathitt was a Democrat.

After catching pneumonia at the funeral of former Governor J.C.W. Beckham Breathitt died at age 43 on 29 October 1934.

James Breathitt, Jr. was the uncle of later Governor of Kentucky Edward T. Breathitt.

Preceded by
Henry Denhardt		 Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky
1927–1931		 Succeeded by
A. B. "Happy" Chandler
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Lieutenant Governors of Kentucky
Bullitt • Caldwell • Slaughter • Hickman • Slaughter • Barry • McAfee • Breathitt • J. Morehead • Wickliffe • M. Thomson • Dixon • Helm • J. Thompson • Hardy • Boyd • Jacob • Stevenson • Carlisle • Underwood • Cantrill • Hindman • Bryan • Alford • Worthington • Marshall • Beckham • Thorne • Cox • McDermott • Black • Ballard • Denhardt • Breathitt, Jr. • Chandler • Johnson • Myers • Tuggle • Wetherby • Beauchamp • Waterfield • Wyatt • Waterfield • Ford • Carroll • Stovall • Collins • Beshear • Jones • Patton • Henry • Pence • Mongiardo
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