John J. Crittenden
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John Jordan Crittenden was an American statesman and politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He represented the state in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and twice served as U
Crittenden in 1857
Crittenden, portrait by G. P. A. Healy, 1857
Crittenden's Supreme Court nomination
Daguerreotype of Crittenden by Mathew Brady, c. 1846
The Constitutional Union Party was a political party which ran in the 1860 United States elections. It mostly consisted of conservative former Whigs from the Southern United States who wanted to avoid
John J. Crittenden
…breakup of the United States. As bitter partisanship increased the threat of secession, Crittenden sought out moderates from all parties and formed the Constitutional Union Party, though he refused the party's nomination for president in the 1860 election. In December 1860, he authored the Crittenden Compromise, a series of…
1860 election campaign poster
Presidential nominee John Bell of Tennessee