House chaplain 

While doing some research on U.S. Attorney General John Breckinridge, I ran across mention that his son, who was also named John Breckinridge, was a Presbyterian minister who served as Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives from 1822 to 1823. When I looked into it, I found that the subject of this article, John Brackenridge, seems to also lay claim to this title. Both were Presbyterian ministers, and both were alive and conceivably old enough to be chaplain during the period in question, but documented differences in their lives make it impossible that they are the same person. Brackenridge lived from 1772 to 1844, while Breckinridge lived from 1797 to 1841. Brackenridge was born in Pennsylvania, while Breckinridge was born at "Cabell's Dale", his father's plantation in Kentucky. Brackenridge married Eleanor White, while Breckinridge was twice married, first to a Miller, then to a Babcock. Further, reliable sources have Brackenridge as chaplain of the House and Senate at different periods in time, while Breckinridge is only mentioned as chaplain in the House. Does anyone know how to sort this out? I was thinking of creating an article on John Breckinridge (the younger), which presently doesn't exist, but it would be nice to hammer this out first.  (talk · contribs)