Crockett, Davy, 1786-1836

Frontiersman, member of Congress from Tennessee.

American frontiersman and politician.

The frontiersman Davy Crockett served as one of Tennessee's congressmen in Washington from 1827 to 1835.

Crockett was born in Greene Co., Tenn., in 1786. He participated in the Creek Indian war. In 1826, 1828, and 1832, he was elected to the U.S. Congress, and he particpated in the Texas war for independence, being killed by the Mexicans at the Alamo in 1836.

American frontiersman.

American pioneer.

Frontiersman; Tennessee state representative, 1821-1823, 1832; Tennessee congressman, 1827-1831, 1833-1836; died at the Alamo, Texas, 1836.

Davy Crockett, American frontiersman and politician. Representing Tennessee, he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1827 to 1831, and from 1833 to 1835.

U.S. representative from Tennessee, army officer of the Republic of Texas, and frontiersman.

Renowned Congressman, frontiersman, and soldier David "Davy" Crockett (1786-1836) was born in Greene County, Tennessee, to John and Rebecca (Hawkins) Crockett. In 1806, he married Mary "Polly" Finley (d. 1815), with whom he had three children. Shortly after her death, Crockett married Elizabeth Patton, a widowed mother of two.

Crockett enlisted in the Tennessee Militia in 1813 and fought in the Creek War and War of 1812. After moving to Lawrence County in 1817, he was a justice of the peace (1817-1819) and town commissioner in Lawrenceburg (1818-1821). Crockett served in the Tennessee Legislature (1821-1825) and the United States House of Representatives (1827-1831; 1833-1835). Originally a Jacksonian, Crockett became a member of the Anti-Jacksonian Party during his second term as Congressman, vehemently opposing President Andrew Jackson on several issues, including the Indian Removal Act.

Following his loss for a fourth congressional term in 1835, Crockett moved to Texas and swore allegiance to the provisional government or future republican government of Texas. Crockett soon joined Col. William B. Travis at San Antonio de Bexar in February 1836 and died the next month during the Battle of the Alamo.

Sources:

Lofaro, Michael A. Crockett, David. Handbook of Texas Online . Accessed November 12, 2010. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fcr24 .

Lofaro, Michael A. David Davy Crockett. Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, online edition. Accessed November 12, 2010. http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=C165 .

Renowned Congressman, frontiersman, and soldier David "Davy" Crockett (1786-1836) was born in Greene County, Tennessee, to John and Rebecca (Hawkins) Crockett. In 1806, he married Mary "Polly" Finley (d. 1815), with whom he had three children.

Shortly after her death, Crockett married Elizabeth Patton, a widowed mother of two.

Crockett enlisted in the Tennessee Militia in 1813 and fought in the Creek War and War of 1812.

After moving to Lawrence County in 1817, he was a justice of the peace (1817-1819) and town commissioner in Lawrenceburg (1818-1821). Crockett served in the Tennessee Legislature (1821-1825) and the United States House of Representatives (1827-1831; 1833-1835). Originally a Jacksonian, Crockett became a member of the Anti-Jacksonian Party during his second term as Congressman, vehemently opposing President Andrew Jackson on several issues, including the Indian Removal Act.

Following his loss for a fourth congressional term in 1835, Crockett moved to Texas and swore allegiance to the provisional government or future republican government of Texas.

Crockett soon joined Col. William B. Travis at San Antonio de Bexar in February 1836 and died the next month during the Battle of the Alamo.