john jordan crittenden

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born Sept. 10, 1787, near Versailles, Ky., U.S. died July 26, 1863, Frankfort, Ky. U.S. politician. A graduate of the College of William and Mary (1807), he became territorial attorney general in Illinois (1809). He also served in the U.S. Senate (1817-19, 1835-40, 1842-48, 1855-61), as U.S. attorney general (1840-41, 1850-53), and as governor of Kentucky (1848-50). He is best known for the Crittenden Compromise. In 1861 he chaired the Frankfort convention of leaders of border states, which asked the South to reconsider its position on secession

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John jor·dan crittenden

Türkische aussprache

cän côrdın krîtendın

Aussprache

/ˈʤän ˈʤôrdən krəˈtendən/ /ˈʤɑːn ˈʤɔːrdən krɪˈtɛndən/