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John Jordan Crittenden was born Sept 10, 1787. In July 1817 he was promoted from the speakership of the Kentucky house of representatives to the United States senate. 1 He lacked about two months of being eligible but as he did not take his seat until December the point was not questioned. Mr. Crittenden had the distinction of being elected to the senate the most times of any of its members - six times, though his actual service covered only about twenty years. He entered the senate at the beginning of James Monroe's administration and left it the day Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated.
Mr. Crittenden exerted a moderating influence over the more radical anti-slavery men. He was thoroughly a Union man and it is said that his influence more than that of any other man saved his state form the vortex of rebellion. 2
1. Mrs Chapman Coleman. - Life of J. J. Crittenden Vol 1 p 35
2. Blaine - Twenty Years in Congress Vol 39 p 386

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132 John Jordan Crittenden was born Sept 10, 1787. In July 1817 he was promoted from the speakership of the Kentucky house of representatives to the United States senate. 1 He lacked about two months of being eligible but as he did not take his seat until December the point was not questioned. Mr. Crittenden had the distinction of being elected to the senate the most times of any of its members - six times, though his actual service covered only about twenty years. He entered the senate at the beginning of James Monroe's administration and left it the day Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated. Mr. Crittenden exerted a moderating influence over the more radical anti-slavery men. He was thoroughly a Union man and it is said that his influence more than that of any other man saved his state form the vortex of rebellion. 2 1. Mrs Chapman Coleman. - Life of J. J. Crittenden Vol 1 p 35 2. Blaine - Twenty Years in Congress Vol 39 p 386