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John J. Crittenden
U.S. Attorney General and politician from Kentucky (1787–1863)
"Attorney General Crittenden" redirects here. For his nephew, the Attorney General of Missouri, see Thomas Theodore Crittenden.
John J. Crittenden | |
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Crittenden in 1857 | |
| In office March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | |
| Preceded by | William E. Simms |
| Succeeded by | William H. Randall |
| In office March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1861 | |
| Preceded by | Archibald Dixon |
| Succeeded by | John C. Breckinridge |
| In office March 31, 1842 – June 12, 1848 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Clay |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Metcalfe |
| In office March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1841 | |
| Preceded by | George M. Bibb |
| Succeeded by | James Morehead |
| In office March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 | |
| Preceded by | Martin D. Hardin |
| Succeeded by | Richard Mentor Johnson |
| In office July 22, 1850 – March 4, 1853 | |
| President | Millard Fillmore |
| Preceded by | Reverdy Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Caleb Cushing |
| In office March 5, 1841 – September 12, 1841 | |
| President | Willi
John J. Crittenden (1850–1853)John Crittenden was born in Versailles, Kentucky, on September 10, 1787. He graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1806 and passed the Kentucky bar the following year. In 1809, he became Illinois Territory's attorney general. He later served in the Kentucky House of Representatives (1811-1817, and 1825-1827), and the U.S. Senate (1817-1819, and 1835-1841). In the interim, from 1827 to 1829, he was U.S. attorney for Kentucky. Crittenden entered the cabinet of President William Henry Harrison as attorney general, resigning that post on September 13, 1841. He then reentered the Senate, taking over the seat vacated by Henry Clay. Crittenden would serve as governor of Kentucky from 1848 to 1850, again as attorney general from 1850 to 1853, and then again in the Senate from 1854 until 1861. He shifted to the House of Representatives in 1861 as a member of the Unionist Party and served there until March 1863. Crittenden died in Frankfort, Kentucky, while campaigning for reelection, on July 26, 1863.
John J. Crittenden (1787-1863) Senator from Kentucky, best known for the so-called Crittenden Compromise, his attempt to resolve sectional differences on the eve of the American Civil War. John Jordan Crittenden was born in Woodford County, Kentucky, on September 10, 1787 and died near Frankfort, Kentucky, on July 26, 1863. His father served in the war of the Revolution, with the rank of major. The son graduated from William and Mary College in 1807, and entered upon the practice of the law in his native county, but after a short time moved to Logan County, bordering on Tennessee, a thinly settled part of the state. In 1809 Governor Vinian Edwards appointed him attorney general of the territory of Illinois. He served for a short time as a volunteer in the war of 1812, was aide to General Shelby in 1813, and served with Adair and Berry in the Canada campaign. After leaving the army he resumed the practice of his profession, soon attaining a high place at the bar. In 1816 he was elected to the legislature, where he at once took a high rank. The next year he was elect Copyright ©armywing.pages.dev 2025 |