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	Robert Crittenden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Crittenden served as Secretary of Arkansas Territory from 1819 to 1829.
		Robert Crittenden was the son of John Crittenden (1754-1789) who was a Major in the Continental Army and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, the brother of United States Senator John Jordan Crittenden, and granduncle of Thomas Theodore Crittenden, Jr.
		Crittenden mortally wounded Representative Henry Wharton Conway in a duel on 29 October 1827.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Crittenden (194 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Crittenden Compromise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Crittenden Compromise, measure proposed in December 1860 by U.S. Senator John Jordan Crittenden of Kentucky, a prominent southern supporter of the...
		U.S. Senator John Jordan Crittenden of Kentucky, a prominent supporter of the Union, proposed a compromise in December 1860 to avert secession....
		In 1855 Crittenden returned to the U.S. Senate, and from then on his life was concerned almost exclusively with the issues of slavery and secession...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Crittenden_Compromise.html (128 words)

	Station Information - Robert Crittenden
		Crittenden served as acting Governor of Arkansas while James Miller was delayed for an extended period in route to Arkansas.
		Crittenden was never appointed Governor of the territory but amassed considerable political power during his ten years as territorial secretary.
		Robert Crittenden was the son of John Crittenden who was a Major in the Continental Army and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, the brother of United States Senator John Jordan Crittenden, and granduncle of Thomas Theodore Crittenden, Jr.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/robert_crittenden.html (179 words)

	Encyclopedia: Thomas L. Crittenden
		Crittenden was born in Russellville, Kentucky, the son of Senator John J. Crittenden, brother of Confederate general George B. Crittenden, and cousin of Union general Thomas Turpin Crittenden.
		Crittenden was admitted to the bar and served in the U.S. Army during Mexican-American War as an aide to General Zachary Taylor and as colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry.
		After the war Crittenden served as the state treasurer of Kentucky and was appointed as a colonel and then brevetted to brigadier general in the regular army before retiring in 1881.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Thomas-L.-Crittenden (1463 words)

	John J. Crittenden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Jordan Crittenden (September 10, 1786–July 26, 1863) was an American statesman.
		He was born near Versailles, Kentucky, and attended Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) in Lexington, Virginia, and was graduated from William and Mary College in 1806.
		Crittenden was torn by loyalties during the US Civil War, with one son leaving to join the Union and the other enlisting with the Confederacy States of America.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_J._Crittenden (425 words)

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		Crittenden, John Jordan (10 Sept. 1786-26 July 1863), U.S. senator, U.S. attorney general, and governor of Kentucky, was born in Woodford County, Kentucky, the son of John Crittenden, a landholder, and Judith Harris.
		Crittenden's budding political career was interrupted by the War of 1812, during which he served on the staffs of General Sam Hopkins and Governor Isaac Shelby, commander of Kentucky forces.
		Crittenden's reputation as a calming, nonpartisan leader was tested during the Old Court-New Court crisis in the state of the 1820s, as the contending groups divided into parties.
	www.libarts.ucok.edu /history/faculty/roberson/course/1483/suppl/chpXIV/John%20J.%20Crittenden.htm (1567 words)

	crittenden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Crittenden graduated from West Point with the class of 1832 and was brevetted a second lieutenant in the Fourth Infantry.
		Crittenden was said to have been drunk on the field, and an outraged public demanded his removal from the field.
		Crittenden resigned from the army in October, 1862, but continued to serve in various subordinate roles in western Virginia under the command of General Williams.
	www.amcivilwarbiography.homestead.com /crittenden.html (416 words)

	CRITTENDEN - LoveToKnow Article on CRITTENDEN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		His son, GEORGE BIBB CRITTENDEN (1812-1880), soldier, was born in.
		He was commissioned majorgeneral and given a command in south-east Kentucky and Tennessee, but after the defeat of his forces by General George H. Thomas at Mill Springs (January 9, 1862), he was censured and gave up his command.
		Another son, THOMAS LEONIDAS CRITTENDEN (1815-1893), soldier, was also born at Russeilville, Kentucky.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CR/CRITTENDEN.htm (786 words)

	John Jordan Crittenden
		Crittenden's views of national policy not being in harmony with those of the new president, he retired from the cabinet.
		Crittenden was appointed to fill the vacant seat; and at the expiration of the term was again elected for a full term.
		Crittenden had been six times elected to the senate, and his last effort in that body was to save the Union.
	www.famousamericans.net /johnjordancrittenden (1673 words)

	Robert Crittenden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Son of John Crittenden; brother of John Jordan Crittenden; uncle of Thomas Theodore 'Tom' Crittenden; granduncle of Thomas Theodore Crittenden, Jr..
		Father of John Jordan Crittenden and Robert Crittenden; grandfather of Thomas Theodore 'Tom' Crittenden; great-grandfather of Thomas Theodore Crittenden, Jr.
		Of Russellville, Ky.; Frankfort, Ky. Son of John Crittenden; brother of Robert Crittenden; uncle of Thomas Theodore 'Tom' Crittenden; granduncle of Thomas Theodore Crittenden, Jr..
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	Cruttenden Connections. Including: Crettenden, Crittenden, Crittendon, Crittenton and other spellings
		John Jordan Crittenden was born on 10 September 1787 at Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky.
		CRITTENDEN, JOHN JORDAN (Sept. 10, 1787- July 26, 1863), lawyer, statesman, one of the four sons of John and Judith (Harris) Crittenden, was of Welsh descent on his father's side and of French Huguenot descent on his mother's.
		Crittenden was married three times: first, in 1811, to Sally O. Lee, a daughter of Maj. John Lee of Woodford County; second, in 1826, to Mrs.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /ian.cruttenden1/historical/american_statesman.htm (2875 words)

	KySearch: Crittenden County Kentucky
		Crittenden County was named in honor of John Jordan Crittenden, a native of Woodford County, kentcky.
		Crittenden was a leader in political affairs in Kentucky to the end of his life.
		Crittenden county, the 91st in order of formation, was erected out of the eastern part of Livingston county, in 1842, and named in honor of John J. Crittenden.
	kysearch.com /crittenden.shtml (118 words)

	Biographies of the Attorneys General
		John Breckenridge was born in Augusta County, near Staunton, Virginia, on December 2, 1760.
		John Jordan Crittenden was born in Woodford County, Kentucky, on September 10, 1787.
		John Sargent was born in Ludlow, Vermont, on October 12, 1860.
	www.usdoj.gov /jmd/ls/agbiographies.htm (12842 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: CRITTENDEN, GEORGE BIBB
		George Bibb Crittenden, United States, Texas, and Confederate States army officer, was born on March 20, 1812, in Russellville, Kentucky, the eldest son of John Jordan and Sally (Lee) Crittenden.
		Crittenden rejoined the United States Army as a captain in the Mounted Rifles and was brevetted major for "gallant and meritorious conduct" at the battles of Contreras and Churubusco.
		Crittenden entered the Confederate Army as an infantry colonel; he was commissioned a brigadier general on August 15, 1861, and a major general on November 9, 1861 and given command of the Southern effort to liberate Kentucky.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/CC/fcrmc.html (629 words)

	KCOJ - Crittenden County, Kentucky
		Founded April 1, 1842, Crittenden is the state's ninety-first county, named after John Jordan Crittenden, governor of Kentucky (1848-50), a native of Woodford County.
		The county, located in the western portion of the Pennyroyal region in the southwest part of the state, is bordered by the Ohio River and by Union, Webster, Caldwell, Lyon, and Livingston counties.
		The population of Crittenden County was 8,493 in 1970; 9,207 in 1980; and 9,196 in 1990.
	www.kycourts.net /Counties/Crittenden_text.asp (805 words)

	Crittenden, John Jordan on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He served as Attorney General under Presidents William H. Harrison and John Tyler (March to Sept., 1841) and Millard Fillmore (1850-53).
		During his last term in the Senate (1855-61), Crittenden was foremost in attempting to conciliate North and South (see Crittenden Compromise) and was chairman of the Border States Convention (May, 1868).
		"The Jordan is a hard road to travel": Hoosier responses to fugitive slave cases, 1850-1860.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/CrittendJ1.asp (261 words)

	John Jordan Crittenden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Born in 1787 in Kentucky, Crittenden would go to have a distinguished a career as anyone in politics.
		When Crittenden returned to the Senate in 1855, his goal was to keep the Union together as secession and war seemed more and more inevitable.
		He was successful with Kentucky, but less so with his family, for one of his sons, Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, served the Union as a General and another, George Bibb Crittenden, served the Confederacy in the same capacity.
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	I83885: Bennet BISCOE (____ - ____)
		John J. Crittenden obtained his elementary education in the schools of his native state, continued his scholastic studies in Washington academy, Virginia, and completed his education in the William and Mary College, in the same state.
		Crittenden would involve the history of the nation through a most important epoch; but conspicuous as was his whole career his last efforts were the greatest.
		Crittenden, John Jordan, statesman, was born near Versailles, Woodford county, Ky., Sept. 10, 1787; son of Maj. John.
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	People - Indian Removal through Arkansas, 1830-1849
		Robert Crittenden was born in Kentucky, on January 1, 1797.
		Crittenden spent a year in the army and was discharged a first lieutenant.
		Albert Pike characterized Crittenden as “a thoroughly well-bred Kentucky gentleman.” Crittenden was the first acting governor of the Arkansas Territory and championed the creation of the capitol in Little Rock.
	www.anpa.ualr.edu /trail_of_tears/indian_removal_project/people/Crittenden__Robert.htm (283 words)

	John J. Crittenden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		John J. Crittenden was born in Kentucky in 1787, his father having emigrated there following the American Revolution.
		While Crittenden did not accept a cabinet post in the Taylor ad ministration, he agreed to serve Taylor's successor, Millard Fillmore, as attorney general, holding the post until the end of Fillmore's term.
		Kentucky ultimately refused to join the Confederacy, and Crittenden was elected to the Congress, where he introduc ed resolutions to the effect that the war was to preserve the Union, not to interfere with slavery or to subjugate the South.
	www.tulane.edu /~sumter/Crittenden.html (625 words)

	KY:Historical Society - Historical Marker Database - Search for Markers
		Crittenden, the 91st county established in state, was formed out of eastern part of Livingston.
		It was birthplace of his son, John Jordan Crittenden, who became one of Kentucky's ablest statesmen: in 1809, appointed Atty.
		Appointed by Gov. John Crittenden as the commonwealth's attorney, 1848.
	kentucky.gov /kyhs/hmdb/MarkerSearch.aspx?mode=Subject&subject=66 (790 words)

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	AllRefer.com - Crittenden Compromise (U.S. History) - Encyclopedia
		Crittenden Compromise, in U.S. history, unsuccessful last-minute effort to avert the Civil War.
		It was proposed in Congress as a constitutional amendment in Dec., 1860, by Sen. John J. Crittenden of Kentucky with support from the National Union party.
		Basically, it accepted the boundary between free and slave states that had been set by the Missouri Compromise (1820–21), extended the line to California, and assured the continuation of slavery where it already existed.
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	JJCrittenden.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		John served six consecutive terms in the House of Representatives, serving as Speaker in 1815, 1816 and 1817.
		John was married three times and the father of nine children.
		John Jordan Crittenden died on July 26, 1863 and was buried beside his second wife, Maria, in section N of the Frankfort Cemetery.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/ky/county/franklin/index/JJCrittenden.html (367 words)

	Tyler, John -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A maverick Democrat who refused allegiance to the program of party leader Andrew Jackson, Tyler was rejected in office by both the Democratic Party and the Whig Party and functioned as a political independent.
		The death of Letitia Tyler—wife of the tenth United States president, John Tyler—at the White House on Sept. 10, 1842, marked the first time in American history that a first lady died while her husband was in office.
		John Crittenden was born near Versailles, Ky., on Sept. 10, 1787.
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	Crittenden, John Jordan -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Crittenden, John J. American statesman best known for the so-called Crittenden Compromise (q.v.), his attempt to resolve sectional differences on the eve of the American Civil War.
		The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is a small country with limited natural resources, but for years it has played a critical role in the struggle for power in the Middle East.
		Jordan's significance results partly from its strategic location at the crossroads of what most Christians, Jews, and Muslims call the Holy Land.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9310866 (984 words)

	AllRefer.com - John Jordan Crittenden (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Woodford co., Ky. A Kentucky legislator (1811–17), Crittenden entered the U.S. Senate (1817–19) but resigned to resume state offices.
		He served as Attorney General under Presidents William H. Harrison and John Tyler (March to Sept., 1841) and Millard Fillmore (1850–53).
		During his last term in the Senate (1855–61), Crittenden was foremost in attempting to conciliate North and South (see Crittenden Compromise) and was chairman of the Border States Convention (May, 1868).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/CrittendJ.html (212 words)

	Founder Relationships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Three generations of Crittendens were attached to both families.
		My John M. James in the Kentucky Senate defended Judge Harry Innes, the father of Gov. John Jordan Crittenden's first wife, Mary Knox Innes.
		Later John Jordan's grand nephew, Gov. Thomas Theodore Crittenden of Missouri, plotted to kill Jesse & Frank James.
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