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|birth_date=October 16, 1916
|birth_date=October 16, 1916
|birth_place=Crichton, Red River Parish<br> [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]
|birth_place=Crichton, Red River Parish<br> [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]
|death_date=December 10, 2007 (aged 91)
|death_place=[[Dallas]], [[Texas]]
|death_place=[[Dallas]], [[Texas]]
Resting place:<br>
Resting place:<br>
Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church Columbarium in Dallas
Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church Columbarium in Dallas
Crichton strongly supported the [[Barry Goldwater]] presidential candidacy: "In my opinion Goldwater would have made a great president. He would either have withdrawn our presence in [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]] or gone whole hog to win it, instead of the piecemeal strategy of the Johnson administration that so hampered our military leaders as they in effect were not allowed to win the Vietnam conflict."<ref>Crichton, p. 48.</ref>
Crichton strongly supported the [[Barry Goldwater]] presidential candidacy: "In my opinion Goldwater would have made a great president. He would either have withdrawn our presence in [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]] or gone whole hog to win it, instead of the piecemeal strategy of the Johnson administration that so hampered our military leaders as they in effect were not allowed to win the Vietnam conflict."<ref>Crichton, p. 48.</ref>
===Crichton's 13 Points===
In the campaign, Crichton focused on these points:<br>
In the campaign, Crichton focused on these points:<br>
* (1) his opposition to the policies of President Johnson<br>
* (1) his opposition to the policies of President Johnson<br>