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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriCRITTENDEN, Thomas Theodore
(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.
Crittenden, Henry Huston, comp. The Crittenden Memoirs
. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1936.
Finney, John D. Letter to Thomas T. Crittenden in regard to his administration of the office of governor of Missouri
. [St. Louis, N.p., 1883].
Powers, Joseph P. “Yours Very Truly, Thos. T. Crittenden’: A Missouri Democrat’s Observations of the Election of 1896.” Missouri Historical Review
68 (January 1974): 186-203.
Scholes, Walter V. “Mexico in 1896 as Viewed by an American Consul.” Hispanic American Historical Review
30 (May 1950): 250-7. Washburne, Elihu Benjamin. Address of Hon. Elihu B. Washburne
. Jefferson City: Tribune Printing Company, 1881.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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