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Affiliation | Whig |
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Name | David Crockett |
Address | Crockett, Tennessee , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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August 17, 1786
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Died | March 06, 1836
(49 years)
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Contributor | 411 Name Removed |
Last Modifed | RBH Jan 16, 2015 01:03am |
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French - Freemason - Protestant -
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Info | (father of John Wesley Crockett), a Representative from Tennessee; born at the confluence of Limestone Creek and Nolichuckey River in the State of Franklin, present day Greene County, Tenn., August 17, 1786; attended the common schools; served in Creek campaign, 1813-1814; member of the Tennessee state house of representatives, 1821-1823; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Nineteenth Congress in 1825; elected to the Twentieth and succeeding Congress (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1831); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-second Congress in 1830; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1835); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-fourth Congress in 1834; Battle of the Alamo, San Antonio, Tex., 1836; died about March 6, 1836.
First Appeared on a United States Postage Stamp in 1967.
Vote totals for elections in which was nominated for the Hall of Fame for Great Americans (1900-1965): 1900-8, 1910-4, 1915-1, 1920-4, 1930-7, 1950-0, 1955-0, 1960-0, 1965-0.
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