Bayan da ya yi aiki a matsayin sakataren jihar Kentucky, majalisar dokokin jihar ta zabi Crittenden zuwa na biyu daga cikin hudu da ba su biyo baya ba a Majalisar Dattijan Amurka. Bayan zabensa a matsayin shugaban kasa, William Henry Harrison ya nada Crittenden a matsayin Babban Mai Shari'a, amma watanni 5 bayan mutuwar Harrison, bambance-bambance na siyasa ya sa ya yi murabus maimakon ci gaba da hidimarsa a karkashin magajin Harrison, John Tyler. Tambaya: Me ya sa John Quincy Adams ya zabi Crittenden?
17 ga Disamba, 1828