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
Robert Perkins Letcher was an American politician and lawyer who was the 15th governor of Kentucky from 1840 to 1844. He served as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1823 to 1833 and from 1834 t
According to legend, Letcher helped build the first Kentucky governor's mansion.
Gravestone of Letcher in Frankfort Cemetery