What politician was killed at the battle of the Alamo?

David "Davy" Crockett, born August 17,1786 in eastern Tennessee, was a Legendary hunter and storyteller. Known as the King of the wild frontier, His popularity was enough to get him elected first to the Tennessee state legislature in 1821 and then to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1825. His opposition to Sitting President Andrew Jackson caused him to lose his seat, and once he realized Martin Van Buren was going to replace Jackson as President, Crockett set his Coonskin cap for Texas.

Knowing a revolution was brewing, Crockett began raising a company of volunteers to accompany him to Texas. In January, 1836 Crockett and 65 men arrived in Nacogdoches Texas, where they signed an oath to the provisional Government of Texas for six months. Each man was promised about 4600 acres for their service.

Crockett arrived at the Alamo on February 8. On February 23, to the garrison's surprise, a Mexican army, led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna arrived.

After a few skirmishes and unanswered requests for reinforcements, the battle at mission Alamo de Valero in San Antonio de Bexar was set.

The exact fate of Davy Crockett is not certain except that on March 6 ,1836 at the age of 49, he and 162 other defenders lost their lives. However, a former slave named Ben, who acted as cook for one of Santa Anna's Officers, maintained that Crockett's body was found in the barracks surrounded by "no less than 16 Mexican corpses", with Crockett's knife buried in one of them.

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scottlarock

some people are upset that Mr. Crockett might have been captured and executed instead of dying inside the Alamo. To be captured when the odds are 10 to one don't make you less of a man. Davy Crockett was an American hero, and whether he died inside the Alamo or outside by a firing squad makes no difference.

Phyllis Hall

Not to nit pick, but the name is spelled Fess Parker....who had a TV show about, and aptly named, The Adventures of Davy Crockett. Watched it. Loved it.

mdenney

I love the people that chose Fess Parker but I am always annoyed that these questions are often misspelled and have hideous syntax. Why I persist I cannot say but proper use of language es muy importante.

cbireland

After losing reelection, Crockett famously said to his former constituents:"You can all go to hell and I will go to Texas."

garyjohnsusmc

Hahah, putting Fes Parker in there ... HAHAHAHA

mjhiggins

Davy...Davy Crockett.... King of the wild frontier. Now I cant get the song out of my head! 😄

anthonygriffin

It would be uncivilized as a native Texan, to not know that answer.

robert karel

I didn’t know he was a politician, I thought he was 🎶 King of the 🎶 wild frontier 🎶

Shirley Campbell

Goes to show that freedom is important. Freedom is worth dying for. My hat is off to the brave men and women that have fought and died for freedom.

perrycart

Today’s your birthday, Happy Birthday

Kevin Dale Streets

Fes Parker lol!

veronica

Shirley Campbell, That is how the Mexicans felt...North America belonged to God and brown and red ppl.

Kathyrawlings

Someone had mentioned slavery as being the catalyst for the Battle of the Alamo. That was only partly right. Mexico had banned slavery but they were fighting over federalism, immigration rights, the cotton industry and the big one money! That last one seemed to be the most important!

PlayerRj

History seems to forget the reason for the battle which was that the Americans had a number of slaves that they brought with them to the Alamo. Slavery was banned in Mexico years earlier therfore they were breaking the law, and they knew this. Not excatly hero's.

patrickdocmcwilliams

In his diary, a Mexican officer recorded that David Crockett was taken alive and shot. He had little idea of Crockett's fame and no motive to defame his memory. He did want to leave a record of Santa Anna's ruthlessness. Armed with, at best, a slow-loading single-shot rifle, no man could have held out when outnumbered. I believe the defender found with a number of dead Mexican soldiers around him was Jim Bowie. In the 1960's movie, the Black man who survived the siege was Bowie's servant, to whom Bowie had just granted his freedom, and who chose to stay with the Alamo defenders.