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The John Breckenridge D.D. that is cited on this page as the Chaplain of Congress in 1822 was not Parson John Brackenridge. He was, in fact, a distant relative of Pastor John. He was a great grandson of Alexander Breckenridge. the sire of the political dynasty, "The Breckenridges of Kentucky." His father was Jefferson's friend, Secretary of State John Breckenridge, who died after one year in office. John Breckenridge, D.D. was a graduate of Princeton who came to Washington in 1822 to assist with a revival in the First Presbyterian Church. The Congressmen were so impressed with him that they invited him to be their Chaplain. Please see the following: Galliard Hunt, ed., First forty years of Washington society, (New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1906), 159, 272. For this statement, “He was licensed to preach in 1822, and in the same year served as chaplain to Congress," see The Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed. (1892) and The American Cyclopaedia, Vol. III:241. 96.241.176.104 (talk) 22:46, 27 February 2010 (UTC)Elaine