 Breathitt did not fare as well in state politics . He ardently supported Jacksonian principles , and wielded his veto against bills critical of President Jackson 's land policy . He supported Jackson 's desire to dissolve the Second Bank of the United States . Instead , he favored opening a number of state banks , but faced with a Whig majority in the legislature , he succeeded only in chartering the Louisville Bank of Kentucky . He also favored completion of the Lexington and Ohio Railroad , and supported a $ 300 @,@ 000 loan from the state Board of Internal Improvements for that purpose . In 1833 , a loan for half the amount was approved , and the railroad was not completed until 1851 . Breathitt was also part of the temperance movement in Kentucky . In an 1832 address , he blamed consumption of alcohol for the high murder rate in the state . When the Kentucky Legislative Temperance Society was formed at a meeting in the state house on January 13 , 1834 , Breathitt was chosen as its president and Lieutenant Governor Morehead served as one of five vice @-@ presidents . 
