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Caption: U.S. senator, U.S. attorney general, and governor of Kentucky. Crittenden was known for his calming and conciliatory demeanor; as senator he attempted to forge a compromise to avert the Civil War. His "Crittenden Compromise," proposed in December 1860, would have prohibited slavery north of the 36 30' line but allowed it to continue south of that, and would have prevented Congress from abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia and from regulating the interstate transportation of slaves. The compromise was rejected in the House and Senate. In July 1861, Crittenden proposed another resolution, which declared that the war would not interfere with the institution of slavery, and this was approved by both houses of Congress.
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division [LC-USZ62-110095].
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