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Henry Skillman Breckenridge

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Birthplace: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
Death: May 02, 1960 (73)
New York, New York County, New York, United States
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Son of Brig. General Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr. (USA) and Louisa Ludlow Breckinridge
Husband of Private; Private and Private
Father of Private; Private and Private
Brother of Mary Dudley Hines; Ensign Joseph C. Breckinridge (USN); Lt. Col. Lucian Scott Breckenridge; Lucy Hayes Breckenridge; Dr Scott Dudley Breckinridge and 8 others

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About Henry Skillman Breckenridge

Henry Skillman Breckenridge

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A graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School, he was appointed as President Woodrow Wilson's Assistant U.S. Secretary of War, in 1913, at the age of 27. A member of the 1912 and 1928 Olympic fencing teams, and was captain of the latter.

During World War I he served as commander of a battalion. After the war he practiced law in New York where his most famous client and friend was Colonel Charles Lindbergh. He was involved in the futile ransom negotiations with the kidnapper of Colonel Lindbergh's son and later, was one of the witnesses at the trial of Bruno Hauptmann.

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Henry Skillman Breckenridge's Timeline

1886
May 25, 1886
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
1960
May 2, 1960
Age 73
New York, New York County, New York, United States