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CRITTENDEN - John Joseph Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political History of the United States, vol. 1 Abdication-Duty [1881]

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Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political History of the United States by the best American and European Authors, ed. John J. Lalor (New York: Maynard, Merrill, & Co., 1899). Vol 1 Abdication-Duty.

Part of: Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political History of the United States, 3 vols.

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CRITTENDEN

CRITTENDEN, John Jordan, was born in Woodford county, Ky., Sept. 10, 1786, and died at Louisville, Ky., July 25, 1863. He was United States senator 1817-19, 1835-41, 1842-8, and 1855-61; was attorney general under Harrison and Fillmore (see ADMINISTRATIONS, XIV., XVI).; and was a representative in congress 1861-3. (See WHIG PARTY, III.; COMPROMISES, VI).

—See Coleman's Life of Crittenden.

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