CHRONOLOGY OF JOHN JORDON CRITTENDEN
                                1787-1863

1787. September 10, born in Virginia in what is now Woodford County, Kentucky.
1804. Student at Washington Academy, Virginia, now Washington and Lee Univer-
       sity.
1805. Student at College of William and Mary, Virginia.
1807. After having been a law student under George M. Bibb begins practice of law
       in Woodford County, Kentucky.
1809. Attorney General of Illinois Territory.
1811-1813. Member Kentucky State Legislature from Logan County.
1811. Married to Sanie 0. Lee, daughter of Major John Lee.
1813. In active service as major and aide-de-camp on the staff of Governor Isaac
       Shelby.
1815-1817. Member and Speaker of Kentucky State Legislature.
1817-1819. United States Senator; resigned March 3, 1819.
1820. Commissioner for establishing boundary line between Kentucky and Tennessee.
1824. September, Mrs. Crittenden died.
1825. Presidential elector.
1825-1826. Member Kentucky State Legislature from Franklin County.
1826. November 15, married to Mrs. Maria K. Todd, daughter of Judge Harry Innes.
1827-1829. United States district attorney.
1828. Nominated for Justice, Supreme Court of United States; not confirmed.
1829-1833. Member and Speaker of Kentucky State Legislature.
1834. Secretary of State of Kentucky.
1835-1841. United States Senator; resigned March 3, 1841.
1841. Attorney General of the United States; resigned September 13, 1841.
1842-1848. United States Senator; resigned June 22, 1848.
1848-1850. Governor of Kentucky; resigned July 31, 1850.
1850-1853. Attorney General of the United States.
1851. September, Mrs. Crittenden died.
1853. February 27, married Mrs. Elizabeth Ashley, daughter of Doctor James W. Mose,
       and widow of General William H. Ashley.
1855-1861. United States Senator.
1861. President " Border States Convention."
1861-1863. Member United States House of Representatives.
1863. July 26, died near Frankfort, Kentucky.