Davy Crockett

1786-08-17 - 1836-03-06 Contemporaries

Davy Crockett (1786–1836) was an American politician, militia officer, and frontiersman known in popular culture as the 'King of the Wild Frontier.' He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1827 to 1831 and from 1833 to 1835, where he opposed President Andrew Jackson's policies including the Indian Removal Act. He died in 1836 while fighting in the Texas Revolution.