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“The general took much pains to reply to Alexander, but didn't so much as let on that there was any such candidate as myself at all. He had been speaking for a considerable time, when a large flock of guinea-fowls came very near to where he was, and set up the most unmerciful chattering that ever was heard, for they are a noisy little brute any way. They so confused the general, that he made a stop, and requested that they might be driven away. I let him finish his speech, and then walking up to him, said aloud, "Well, colonel, you are the first man I ever saw that understood the language of fowls." I told him that he had not had the politeness to name me in his speech, and that when my little friends, the guinea-fowls, had come up and began to holler "Crockett, Crockett, Crockett," he had been ungenerous enough to stop, and drive them all away.”
― David Crockett, A narrative of the life of David Crockett of the state Tennessee

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Davy Crockett

American politician and frontiersman (1786–1836)

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Davy Crockett

David Crockett (17 August1786 – 6 March1836), usually referred to as Davy Crockett, was an American frontiersman, soldier and politician. After serving as a US Congressman for the state of Tennessee, he joined in the Texas Revolution and died in the Battle of the Alamo.

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  • I would rather be beaten and be a man than to be elected and be a little puppy dog. I have always supported measures and principles and not men. I have acted fearless[ly] and independent and I never will regret my course. I would rather be politically buried than to be hypocritically immortalized.
    • In a letter following his defeat in the 1830 elections, as quoted in David Crockett: The Man and the Legend (1994) by James Atkins Shackford, p. 133
  • I am now here in Congress... I am at liberty to vote as my conscience and judgment dictates to be right, without the yoke of any party on me, or the driver at my heels, with his whip in hand, commanding me to ge-wo-haw, just at his pleasure. Look at my arms, you will find no party hand-cuff on them!
    • Letter (28 Janua

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Davy Crockett

Davy Crockett portrait by Chester Harding (1834)

In office
March 4, 1827 – March 4, 1831
Preceded byAdam Rankin Alexander
Succeeded byWilliam Fitzgerald
Constituency9th district
In office
March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1835
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byAdam Huntsman
Constituency12th district
In office
1821–1825
Born

David Crockett


(1786-08-17)August 17, 1786
Limestone, Greene County, Tennessee (at that time, part of the State of Franklin), U.S.
DiedMarch 6, 1836(1836-03-06) (aged 49)
Alamo Mission, San Antonio, Republic of Texas
Political party
Spouses
  • Polly Finley

    (m. 1806; died 1815)​
Children6 including John Wesley Crockett
OccupationPioneer, soldier, politician