der Mr. Fillmore,
who, after Webster's funeral, appointed Edward Everett as his
successor in the Department of State.

When the nineteenth Presidential election was held, General Scott
received only the electoral votes of Massachusetts, Vermont,
Kentucky, and Tennessee; Pierce and King received two hundred and
fifty-four votes against forty-two votes for Scott and Graham.

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JJCrittenden
JOHN JORDAN CRITTENDEN was born in Woodford County, Kentucky,
September 10th, 1786; was United States Senator from Kentucky,
December 1st, 1817, to March 3d, 1819, and again December 7th,
1835, to March 3d, 1841; was Attorney-General under President
Harrison, March 5th, 1841, to September 13th, 1841; was again United
States Senator, March 31st, 1842 - 1848; was Governor of Kentucky,
1848-1850; was Attorney-General under President Fillmore, July
20th, 1850, to March 3d, 1853; was again United States Senator,
December 3d, 1855, to March 3d, 1861; was a Representative in
Congress, July 4th, 1861, to March 3d, 1863, and died at Frankfort,
Kentucky, July 26th, 1863.

CHAPTER XXXIV.
PIERCE AT THE HELM.

General Pierce received a severe blow after his election, a railroad
accident in Massachusetts depriving him of his only child, a
promising boy, to whom he was devotedly attached. A week before
the inauguration he escorted his sorrow-stricken wife to Baltimore,
where he left her, and then went to Washington, accompanied by his
private secretary, Mr. Sidney Webster. President Fillmore invited
them to dine socially at the White House, and in the evening they
were present at a numerously attended public reception in the East
Room.

The inauguration of General Pierce attracted crowds from the cities
on the Atlantic coast, with some from the western slope of the
Alleghanies. It was a cold, raw day, and the President-elect rode
in a carriage with President Fillmore, surrounded by a body-guard
of young gentlemen, mounted on fine horses, and serving for that
day as Deputy United States Marshals. There was a military escort,
composed of the Marine Corps, the uniformed militia of the District,
and visiting companies from Baltimore and Alexandria. Behind the
President's carriage marched several political associations and
the mechanics at the Navy Yard, with a full-rigged miniature vessel.

As William R. King, the Vice-President elect, was in Cuba, hoping
to benefit his health, the Senate elected David J. Atchison, of
Misso