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Why Davy went to Texas.

Davy Crockett served three terms in Congress but was defeated in his fourth run. He was marketed as an anti-Jackson candidate in his 1835 congressional campaign but Tennessee voters abandoned him over peg-legged Jackson favorite Adam Huntsman in what Crockett felt was a rigged election. Crockett's pride was wounded and his finances tapped, so he decided he would move his family to Texas if the prospects there proved to be pleasing to him. He headed west on November 1, 1835 with three companions in tow. Reaching Memphis the first evening, the foursome enjoyed a farewell drinking party with other friends. Before the night was over, Crockett uttered a soon-to-be famous declaration: "Since you have chosen to elect a man with a timber toe to succeed me, you may all go to hell and I will go to Texas."

The above is from pages 92 and 93 of "TEXAS RISING - The Epic True Story of The Lone Star State and the Rise of the Texas Rangers, 1836-1846" by Stephen L. Moore









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