After a defeat in 1835 for reelection to Congress from Tennessee, this frontiersman moved to Texas
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Davy Crockett Biography - life, family, children, death, wife, son ...  In 1813, shortly after Crockett moved to Franklin County, frontiersmen ... In 1817 Crockett and his family moved to Lawrence County, Tennessee. ... Then, another defeat in 1835 marked the end of his congressional career. Death at the Alamo. In 1835 Crockett and four neighbors headed into Texas looking for new land.
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David Crockett (1786-1836) -- Biography - Texas A&M University  David Crockett, frontiersman, congressman, and defender of the Alamo, son of John ... In 1798, two years after the Crocketts opened a tavern on the road from Knoxville ... Tennessee; they moved again in 1813, to the Rattlesnake Spring branch of ... Crockett defeated the incumbent Fitzgerald in 1833 to return to Congress.
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Davy Crockett - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com  Famed as a frontiersman, folk hero, congressman and Alamo defender, Davy ... The family followed the patterns of western settlement, moving three times by the time ... was defeated in 1831; in 1833 he returned to Congress, this time as a Whig. ... Tennessee in November 1835, and subsequently appeared in east Texas,...
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Davy Crockett - Wikipedia  David "Davy" Crockett (August 17, 1786  March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician. He is commonly referred to in popular culture by the epithet "King of the Wild Frontier". He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives and served in the Texas ... After being made a colonel in the militia of Lawrence County, Tennessee, he...
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Davy Crockett - U.S. Representative, Folk Hero - Biography.com  May 13, 2016 ... Take a closer look at Davy Crockett, frontiersman, legendary folk hero ... He fought in the War of 1812 and died at the Alamo in the Texas ... Davy Crockett was born on August 17, 1786, in Greene County, Tennessee. ... Crockett's stint in Congress concluded in 1835, after his run for reelection to the 24th...
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National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution ... - The Portraits  On a whim he ran for Congress from Tennessee, serving three terms (1827-31, 1833-35). ... containing a motto, "Be always sure you're right-then go ahead," that has been the credo of the frontiersman, in reality and myth, to the present day.
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United States presidential election, 1844 - Wikipedia  The United States presidential election of 1844 was the 15th quadrennial presidential election, ... The Whig Party nominee Henry Clay adopted an anti-annexation platform on the principle of preserving North-South ... It was also the only presidential election in which the winner, Polk, lost both his birth state of North Carolina...
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Battle of San Jacinto | April 1836. The Texian Army wins Texas ...  Sam Houston leads Texican forces over the Mexican army to win Texas independence and open westward expansion in the US, changing the face of world...
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Davy Crockett - United States History  Upon his return home to Tennessee, Davy found that his father had become deep in debt. ... and justices of peace in the county, and eventually was chosen by his peers as the ... In 1821, Crockett was elected to the state legislature. ... The frontiersman ran for the U.S. Congress in 1826, and emerged victorious, thanks in...
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Sam Houston - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com  He was voted president in 1836 and again in 1841, then served as a senator ... Despite his pro-slavery views, he believed in preserving the Union. He became governor in 1859, but was removed from office after the secession of Texas in 1861. ... Shortly thereafter, the fall of the Alamo compelled the small force Houston led...
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John Sevier - Wikipedia  John Sevier (September 23, 1745  September 24, 1815) was an American soldier, frontiersman and politician, and one of the founding fathers of the State of Tennessee. He played a leading role, both militarily and politically, in Tennessee's pre-statehood period, and was elected the state's first governor .... The new district elected Sevier to one of its two seats in the state's House of...
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Sam Houston - Governor, Military Leader, Lawyer - Biography.com  Apr 2, 2014 ... Name: Sam Houston ... of the state of Texas. He was elected the first president of the Republic of Texas in 1836. ... In 1827, he became Tennessee governor. He was ... From 1849 to 1859, he was a Texas state senator. He died ... His father was a Revolutionary War veteran who died when Houston was 14.
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Stephen A. Douglas - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com  He was re-elected senator from Illinois in 1858 after a series of eloquent debates ... Abraham Lincoln, who defeated him in the presidential race two years later. ... After holding several state offices, Douglas ran for Congress in 1837, losing by...
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The Battle of San Jacinto  Sam Houston, commander-in-chief of the Texas Army, left Washington ... defeat, reaching the Texas forces on March 25, impelled many to leave the ranks, .... (later President of the Republic of Texas), so distinguished himself that on the next day he ... Shortly before noon, General Houston held a council of war with Colonels...
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MEXICAN TEXAS | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State ...  Jun 15, 2010 ... Members Only Area ... Painting, Stephen F. Austin (1833) by Brand and hanging in the ... Map of the conjoined state of Coahuila and Texas with major land ... By the mid-1820s Mexico began reconsidering its lenient immigration policy. .... government separate from Coahuila under the Constitution of 1824.
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Davy Crockett - U.S. Representative, Folk Hero - Biography.com  May 13, 2016 ... He fought in the War of 1812 and died at the Alamo in the Texas Revolution. ... went home and helped work off his father's debt to a man named John Canady. ... The two would have two sons and a daughter before Mary died. ... After Crockett lost the 1835 congressional election, he grew disillusioned with...
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Davy Crockett - Wikipedia  David "Davy" Crockett (August 17, 1786  March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician. He is commonly referred to in popular culture by the epithet "King of the Wild Frontier". He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives and served ... In 1825, Crockett was elected to the U.S. Congress, where he vehemently...
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Davy Crockett - U.S. Representative, Folk Hero - Biography.com  May 13, 2016 ... Take a closer look at Davy Crockett, frontiersman, legendary folk ... He fought in the War of 1812 and died at the Alamo in the Texas Revolution. ... of the Tennessee State House of Representatives from 1821 to 1823. ... Crockett's stint in Congress concluded in 1835, after his run for reelection to the 24th...
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Presidential Election of 1844 - 270toWin  The United States presidential election of 1844 saw Democrat James Knox Polk defeat Whig Henry Clay in a close contest that turned on foreign policy, with...
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United States House of Representatives elections, 1846 - Wikipedia  Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 30th Congress were held at different dates in the various states, from August 2, 1846 (Missouri) to November 2, 1847 (Mississippi and Louisiana). The Whigs picked up 37 seats to win 116 seats, while the rival Democrats ... freshmen include future president Abraham Lincoln, elected as a Whig to his...
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Davy Crockett - Wikipedia  David "Davy" Crockett (August 17, 1786  March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, ... After his death, he continued to be credited with acts of mythical proportion. ..... By December 1834, Crockett was writing to friends about moving to Texas if Jackson's chosen successor Martin Van Buren was...