biography
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Crockett, Davy
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popular name of David Crockett
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| lived:
| (1786–1836)
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| biography:
| Frontiersman and US representative, born near present-day Rogersville, Tennessee, USA. He was a poor farmer but an excellent hunter and scout, and served under General Andrew Jackson in the Creek War (1813–14). He was a justice of the peace and a Tennessee legislator, and served in the US House of Representatives (Democrat, Tennessee, 1827–31; Whig, Tennessee, 1833–5). With little formal education, he was not especially well-informed on public issues, and was always ready to take a break from public service to go bear hunting. He made a celebrated tour of the major Northern cities in 1834 and, failing in his re-election effort that year, went to Texas to aid the Anglo-Americans in their struggle for independence. He was killed in the defence of the Alamo. |
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