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  Crittenden, Thomas Theodore
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NameThomas Theodore Crittenden
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Warrensburg, Missouri , United States
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Born January 01, 1832
DiedMay 29, 1909 (77 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Dec 16, 2014 08:19pm
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InfoThomas Theodore Crittenden was a U.S. army officer and political figure. Born in 1832 in Shelbyville, Kentucky, he served as governor of Missouri from 1881 to 1885 and was the nephew of John J. Crittenden. He died in 1909 in Kansas City, Missouri, and is buried at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri. During the American Civil War he was a Colonel in the 7th Missouri State Militia Cavalry.

Crittenden offered a reward of $10,000 for the capture of Jesse James dead or alive which resulted in Robert Ford killing the outlaw in 1882.

Crittenden's son Thomas Theodore Crittenden Jr. was a mayor of Kansas City.


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Son Thomas T. Crittenden, Jr. 1863-1938

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  11/02/1880 MO Governor Won 52.22% (+13.59%)
  07/22/1880 MO Governor - D Convention Won 65.36% (+45.70%)
  11/07/1876 MO District 7 Won 54.91% (+9.83%)
  11/05/1872 MO District 7 Won 52.52% (+5.05%)
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