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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriThomas Theodore CRITTENDEN
(1832-1909)
CRITTENDEN, Thomas
Theodore, (nephew of John Jordan Crittenden), a
Representative from Missouri; born near Shelbyville, Shelby County,
Ky., January 1, 1832; attended the primary schools at Cloverport,
Ky.; was graduated from Centre College, Danville, Ky., in 1855;
served as registrar of Franklin County in 1856; studied law in
Frankfort, Ky.; was admitted to the bar in 1858 and commenced
practice in Lexington, Mo.; served in the Union Army from 1862 to
1864, being commissioned captain and later lieutenant colonel of
the Seventh Missouri Cavalry Militia Regiment; moved to Warrensburg
in 1865 and continued the practice of law; appointed attorney
general of Missouri by Gov. Willard P. Hall in 1864 to fill out the
unexpired term of Aikman Welch, deceased; elected as a Democrat to
the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1874; again elected to the
Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879); Governor of
Missouri 1881-1885; moved to Kansas City in 1885 and continued the
practice of law; United States consul general at the city of Mexico
from April 5, 1893, to 1897; referee in bankruptcy from 1898 until
his death in Kansas City, Mo., May 29, 1909; interment in Forest
Hill Cemetery.
Bibliography
Powers, P. Joseph. “‘Yours Very Truly, Thos. T.
Crittenden’: A Missouri Democrat’s Observations of the
Election of 1896.”‘ Missouri Historical Review
68 (January 1974): 186-203.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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