The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . JOHN CRITTENDEN. Horn in Woodford county, Ky., about 1785. Served inWar of 1812. Besan practice of law in Frankfort, ). S. Senator, 1817. Devoted himself to his professionuntil 1835. when he again became U. S. Senator. Ap-])oiuted Attorney-General of the U. 1841, serving buta few weeks. Elected U. S. Senator, 1842 ; Governor ofKentucky. 1848. Appoiuted Attorney-General of theV. 1850. Ke-elected U. S. Senator. for termending March 4. 1861. Author of the Crittenden Com-promise,
The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . JOHN CRITTENDEN. Horn in Woodford county, Ky., about 1785. Served inWar of 1812. Besan practice of law in Frankfort, ). S. Senator, 1817. Devoted himself to his professionuntil 1835. when he again became U. S. Senator. Ap-])oiuted Attorney-General of the U. 1841, serving buta few weeks. Elected U. S. Senator, 1842 ; Governor ofKentucky. 1848. Appoiuted Attorney-General of theV. 1850. Ke-elected U. S. Senator. for termending March 4. 1861. Author of the Crittenden Com-promise, proposed to adjust the secessioi: difficulties,but rejected by Congress. Died July 26, WM. G. BROWNLOW. Bom in Wythe county, Va., Aug. 2!l, 18(15. Enteredthe traveling ministry of the Methodist Church, to Tennessee, 1838. Edited the Knosville W/iii/from 1839 until November, 1861, when il was suppressedby the secessionists, and he was imprisoned. Defendedslavery, but opposed secession. After a year he wasallowed to pass through the Northern lines. When theUnion army captured Ivnoxville he started another news-paper, andvigorously supiiortcd the jirosecution of thewar. Elected Governor of I865-67, Elected to11. S. Senate, taking his scat Marcll 4, 1869. Died ApriliS), 1877.
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