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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 state in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and twice served as United States Attorney General in the administrations of William Henry Harrison , John Tyler ...
John J. Crittenden (born Sept. 10, 1787, near Versailles, Ky., U.S.—died July 26, 1863, Frankfort, Ky.) was an 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.
Kentucky congressman (1861-1863) who supported the Union and compromise, but also supported slavery. Previous to the Civil War, Crittenden has served as a U.S. senator from Kentucky (1817-1819, 1835-1841, 1842-1848, 1855-1861), U.S. attorney general (1850-1853 and briefly in 1841), governor of Kentucky (1848-1850).
Crittenden Compromise, (1860–61), in U.S. history, series of measures intended to forestall the American Civil War, futilely proposed in Congress by Senator John J. Crittenden of Kentucky in December 1860.
2 de dic. de 2009 · The Crittenden Compromise, proposed by Kentucky Senator John J. Crittenden in 1860, aimed to stave off secession by making slavery permanent in the South.
As a senator Crittenden was a strong opponent of the Mexican-American War (1846–48) and of the annexation of Texas. After Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860, Crittenden proposed a series of measures concerning slavery in an attempt to prevent secession and civil war.
With the threat of Civil War looming on the horizon, Senator John J. Crittenden introduced legislation that would reinstate the Missouri Compromise line, forbid the abolition of slavery on federal land in slaveholding states, compensate owners for runaway slaves, and other amendments to support the institution of slavery.
