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The Crittenden Compromise February 09,1861, the Crittenden Compromise failed in the U.S. Senate. All Republicans voted no. Earlier, the GOP-controlled House refused to even consider it. In an effort to appease secessionists, Kentucky Senator John Crittenden had proposed guaranteeing slavery and even allowing expansion into the Southwest.President-elect Abraham Lincoln denounced any "proposition for a compromise in regard to the extension of slavery" because the Compromise "would lose us everything we gained by the election." https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o6l_6m4Dq60