John Jordan Crittenden (September 10, 1787 – July 26, 1863) was an American statesman and politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He represented the...

congresses to end slavery. It was introduced by United States Senator John J. Crittenden (Constitutional Unionist of Kentucky) on December 18, 1860. It aimed...

John J. Crittenden (1787–1863), US Senator, Governor of Kentucky, Attorney General of the United States and author of the Crittenden Compromise John J...

Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Rufus Choate, William Seward, John J. Crittenden, and John Quincy Adams. The Whig base of support was amongst entrepreneurs...

Democratic Party. In 1859, he was elected to succeed Senator John J. Crittenden at the end of Crittenden's term in 1861. After Southern Democrats walked out of...

county was formed in 1842 and named for John J. Crittenden, senator and future Governor of Kentucky. Crittenden County, located on the Ohio and Tradewater...

elections John J. Crittenden and other former Whigs formed the Constitutional Union Party. The 1860 Constitutional Union Convention nominated John Bell of...

brother fought for the Confederacy. Crittenden was born in Russellville, Kentucky, the son of U.S. Senator John J. Crittenden, who later became 17th governor...

of Kentucky Governor John J. Crittenden. He was educated at Centre College and also studied law with his uncle. In 1856, Crittenden married Caroline Wheeler...

Kentuckian John J. Crittenden attempted to keep the Union together with the formation of the Constitutional Union Party and the proposed Crittenden Compromise...