David Crockett was clearly an outstanding frontiersman, a successful Tennessee politician, and a colorful congressman, but these attributes alone would not have earned him lasting fame. Davy Crockett was one of the most celebrated and mythologized figures in American history. David Crockett was born in 1786 to a pioneer family living on the Nolichucky River in east Tennessee.
Davy Crockett was the fifth of nine children born to parents John and Rebecca (Hawkins) Crockett. Crockett's father taught him to shoot a rifle when he was just 8 years old. He was from East Tennessee and had a solid reputation for enjoying storytelling and hunting and fishing. In 1813, following a massacre by Creek warriors of the occupants of Fort Mims in southwest …show more content…
Davy Crockett was married in 1806 to a girl named polly. Davy Crocketts wife Polly died in 1815 but no one knows why.In February 1821, Davy Crockett won US congress election. In the spring of 1822, David cleared fields and built a farm. In 1829, Davy won another two year term at the election. Throughout 1832, Davy farmed lawyer supported by Jackson and by Governor Carroll of Tennessee, by 252 votes. Building in part upon his growing notoriety, Crockett defeated the incumbent Fitzgerald in 1833 to return to Congress. In 1835 he was again defeated. Disgusted, he is quoted as saying, “You can all go to Hell and I’m going to Texas.” Much of the same material spilled over into the first few issues of a series of comic almanacs published under Crockett's name from 1835 to 1856 that, as a whole, constituted a body of outrageous tall tales about the adventures of the legendary Davy rather than the historical David Crockett. Davy Crockett once said, ‘’ Since you have chosen to elect a man with a timber toe to succeed me …show more content…
One day I hope we do this again because it was a great experience on how people lived back then maybe some other schools should learn the past life of some heros too for Congress in 1833 and
Davy Crockett was the fifth of nine children born to parents John and Rebecca (Hawkins) Crockett. Crockett's father taught him to shoot a rifle when he was just 8 years old. He was from East Tennessee and had a solid reputation for enjoying storytelling and hunting and fishing. In 1813, following a massacre by Creek warriors of the occupants of Fort Mims in southwest …show more content…
Davy Crockett was married in 1806 to a girl named polly. Davy Crocketts wife Polly died in 1815 but no one knows why.In February 1821, Davy Crockett won US congress election. In the spring of 1822, David cleared fields and built a farm. In 1829, Davy won another two year term at the election. Throughout 1832, Davy farmed lawyer supported by Jackson and by Governor Carroll of Tennessee, by 252 votes. Building in part upon his growing notoriety, Crockett defeated the incumbent Fitzgerald in 1833 to return to Congress. In 1835 he was again defeated. Disgusted, he is quoted as saying, “You can all go to Hell and I’m going to Texas.” Much of the same material spilled over into the first few issues of a series of comic almanacs published under Crockett's name from 1835 to 1856 that, as a whole, constituted a body of outrageous tall tales about the adventures of the legendary Davy rather than the historical David Crockett. Davy Crockett once said, ‘’ Since you have chosen to elect a man with a timber toe to succeed me …show more content…
One day I hope we do this again because it was a great experience on how people lived back then maybe some other schools should learn the past life of some heros too for Congress in 1833 and