I muri i tana mahi poto hei Hekeretari o te Kawanatanga o Kentucky, i pootihia a Crittenden e te kaunihera o te kawanatanga ki te tuarua o ana mahi e wha kaore i te whai muri i te US Senate. I tana pooti hei perehitini, ka tohua e William Henry Harrison a Crittenden hei Kawana Kawana, engari 5 marama i muri i te matenga o Harrison, na nga rereketanga torangapu i akiaki ia ki te whakarere atu i tana mahi i raro i te kaiwhakawa o Harrison, a John Tyler.
Hakihea 17, 1828