Editing Crittenden County, Kentucky (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Lee Cruce]], attorney, second Governor of Oklahoma, Crittenden County native, [[Democratic Party (United States)]].
* [[William J. Deboe]] (June 30, 1849 – June 15, 1927), a [[United States Republican Party|Republican]], was a [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] representing [[Kentucky]] from 1897 to 1903.
* [[Ollie M. James]] (July 27, 1871 – August 28, 1918), a [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]], represented [[Kentucky]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1903 to 1913 and the [[United States Senate]] from 1913 to 1918.
* [[Walter Walker (politician)|Walter Walker]] (1883–1932), a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]], was a United States Senator representing [[Colorado]] in 1932, and a newspaperman in [[Grand Junction, Colorado]].
* [[Kenneth W. Winters]], a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[Kentucky State Senate]], was born in Crittenden County but resides in [[Murray, Kentucky]].
* [[Forrest Pogue]] (1912–1996), eminent military historian, a combat historian in the [[US Army]] during [[World War II]], author of the biography of General [[George C. Marshall]], and Director of the [[George C. Marshall Foundation]] and library in [[Lexington, VA]].
* [[Shelby Hearon]] (1931–2016), author, recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Ingram Merrill Foundation, winner of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Literature Award.