In 1828, he was nominated by President Adams for a spot on the Supreme Court but was not confirmed by the Senate.
In 1828, he was nominated by President Adams for a spot on the Supreme Court but was not confirmed by the Senate. He was elected twice to the Senate as a Whig but during his second term he changed party affiliation to a Know Nothing. Along with Andrew Johnson, he authored a resolution in July 1861 declaring the goals of the Civil War to be protecting the Union, in order to keep border states such as his own in the Union. For 10 points, name this Kentucky senator who moved to restore the guarantees of slavery given in the Missouri Compromise in his December 1860 compromise to forestall war.
In 1828, he was nominated by President Adams for a spot on the Supreme Court but was not confirmed by the Senate.
John Jordan {Crittenden}