Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | | John Crittenden (1754-1806) — of Virginia. Born inNew KentCounty, Va.,1754.Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1790-1805.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died in Kentucky,March30, 1806 (ageabout 51years).Intermentsomewhere in Woodford County, Ky.  | John Jordan Crittenden (1787-1863) — also known asJohn J. Crittenden — of Illinois; Russellville,LoganCounty, Ky.; Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.Born near Versailles,WoodfordCounty, Ky.,September10, 1787.Whig.Lawyer;Illinoisterritory attorney general, 1809-10; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1811-17, 1825-29; served in theU.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1817-19, 1835-41, 1842-48, 1855-61;Presidential Elector for Kentucky,1824;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1827-29;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1834-35;U.S.Attorney General, 1841, 1850-53;Governor ofKentucky, 1848-50;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1861-63.Two of his sons were generals on opposite sides in the Civil War; agrandson of his was killed in Gen. Custer's expedition against theSioux in 1876.Slaveowner. Died in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,July 26,1863 (age75 years, 319days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Thomas Turpin Crittenden (1788-1832) — also known asThomas T. Crittenden — of Kentucky. Born in Versailles,WoodfordCounty, Ky.,April10, 1788.Secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1828-32.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,December25, 1832 (age44 years, 259days).Burial location unknown. | | Robert Crittenden (1797-1834) — of Arkansas. Born near Versailles,WoodfordCounty, Ky.,January1, 1797.Secretaryof Arkansas Territory, 1819-29.Mortally woundedHenryWharton Conway in aduelon October 29, 1827.Died in Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.,December18, 1834 (age37 years, 351days).Burial location unknown. | | Alexander Parker Crittenden (1816-1870) — also known asAlexander P. Crittenden — ofSantaClara County, Calif.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; Virginia City,StoreyCounty, Nev.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,January14, 1816.Lawyer;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1849-51, 1852-53 (Los Angeles District 1849-51,5th District 1852-53).Shotandmortallywounded by his ex-lover, Laura D. Fair,on board aferry boat in San Francisco Bay, and died two days later, inSanFrancisco, Calif.,November5, 1870 (age54 years, 295days). Fair was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death, butthe state supreme court ordered a new trial, and she was acquitted.Interment atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | Thomas Leonidas Crittenden (1819-1893) — also known asThomas L. Crittenden — of Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Russellville,LoganCounty, Ky.,May 15,1819.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S. Consul inLiverpool, 1849-53; general in the Union Army during the CivilWar.Died in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,October23, 1893 (age74 years, 161days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.| |  Relatives: Sonof Sarah O. (Lee) Crittenden andJohnJordan Crittenden; married to Catherine Lucy Todd; nephew ofThomasTurpin Crittenden andRobertCrittenden; grandson ofJohnCrittenden; first cousin ofAlexanderParker Crittenden andThomasTheodore Crittenden; first cousin once removed ofThomasTheodore Crittenden Jr.; first cousin thrice removed ofThomasJefferson; second cousin ofArchelausMarius Woodson; second cousin once removed ofHowellCobb (1772-1818) andZacharyTaylor; second cousin twice removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee,MarthaJefferson Randolph andDabneyCarr; second cousin thrice removed ofHowellLewis; third cousin ofHowellCobb (1815-1868) andThomasReade Rootes Cobb; third cousin once removed ofThomasSim Lee,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee,FrancisWayles Eppes,FrederickMortimer Cabell,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph andAndrewJackson Cobb; third cousin twice removed ofMeriwetherLewis,ElliotWoolfolk Major andEdgarBailey Woolfolk; third cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeWashington andHowellCobb Jr.; fourth cousin ofJohnLee,ThomasJefferson Coolidge andFrederickMadison Roberts; fourth cousin once removed ofHancockLee Jackson,DavidShelby Walker,FitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,FrancisPreston Blair Lee,JohnGardner Coolidge andEdithWilson. | | |  | Political family:Crittendenfamily of Kentucky (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | |  | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Thomas Theodore Crittenden (1832-1909) — also known asThomas T. Crittenden;TomCrittenden —of Warrensburg,JohnsonCounty, Mo.Born near Shelbyville,ShelbyCounty, Ky.,January1, 1832.Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;Missouristate attorney general, 1864-65;U.S.Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1873-75, 1877-79;Governor ofMissouri, 1881-85; U.S. Consul General inMexico City, as of 1893-97.Slaveowner. Died in Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,May 29,1909 (age77 years, 148days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.  | Archelaus Marius Woodson (1854-1925) — also known asArchelaus M. Woodson;A. M.Woodson —of St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.Born inKnoxCounty, Ky.,January30, 1854.Democrat.Lawyer;circuit judge in Missouri, 1890-1904; appointed 1890;justice ofMissouri state supreme court, 1907-17.Christian.Died in Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,November10, 1925 (age71 years, 284days).Interment atMt.Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.| |  Relatives: Sonof Benjamin Jourdan Woodson and Margaret Jane (Fulkerson) Woodson;married,April13, 1886, to Bettie Oliver; nephew ofSilasWoodson; first cousin once removed ofSamuelHughes Woodson (1777-1827),JohnJordan Crittenden,ThomasTurpin Crittenden andRobertCrittenden; first cousin thrice removed ofThomasJefferson; second cousin ofTuckerWoodson,DavidMeade Woodson,SamuelHughes Woodson (1815-1881),AlexanderParker Crittenden,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden andThomasTheodore Crittenden; second cousin once removed ofThomasTheodore Crittenden Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofMarthaJefferson Randolph andDabneyCarr; third cousin once removed ofFrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,FrederickMortimer Cabell,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph andGeorgeWythe Randolph; fourth cousin ofThomasJefferson Coolidge andFrederickMadison Roberts; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnGardner Coolidge andEdithWilson. | | |  | Political families:Woodsonfamily of Kentucky;Crittendenfamily of Kentucky (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | |  | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | |  | Image source: Missouri Official Manual1917 |
| | Thomas Theodore Crittenden Jr. (1863-1938) — of Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born near Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,December23, 1863.Democrat.JacksonCounty Clerk, 1894-1900; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Missouri,1900;mayorof Kansas City, Mo., 1908-10.Died, ofbronchopneumonia,in Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,July 31,1938 (age74 years, 220days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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