John Wesley Crockett
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = John Wesley Crockett
|image =JohnWesleyCrockett.jpg
|order =
|district = 12th
|state = Tennessee
|term_start = March 4, 1837
|term_end = March 3, 1841
|lieutenant =
|predecessor = Adam Huntsman
|successor = Milton Brown
|party = Whig
|birth_date = July 10, 1807
|birth_place = East Tennessee
|death_date = November 24, 1852 (aged 45)
|death_place = Memphis, Tennessee
|spouse = Martha Hamilton
|children = {{ubl
| Alice Ann Crockett Tharpe
| Charles Walton Crockett
}}
|alma_mater =
|profession =
|religion =
}}
John Wesley Crockett (July 10, 1807 – November 24, 1852), was an American politician who represented Tennessee's Twelfth Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. It was the same district his father, David Crockett, had represented earlier.
Biography
Crockett was born in eastern Tennessee on July 10, 1807, to David (Davy) Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) and his first wife, Mary (Polly) Finley (1788–1815). He had one brother named William Finley Crockett and one sister named Margaret Finley (Polly) Crockett. He was educated in the public schools,{{cite web|title=John Wesley Crockett|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000920|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=7 March 2013}} studied law, and then was admitted to the bar. He began his law practice in Paris, Tennessee. He married Martha Hamilton and they had fourteen children.{{cite web|title=John Wesley Crockett |url=http://www.visitdowntownparis.com/historydp.htm |publisher=Downtown Paris Association |access-date=7 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130321073141/http://www.visitdowntownparis.com/historydp.htm |archive-date=21 March 2013 }}
Career
Crockett held numerous local and state offices before being elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses; he succeeded Adam Huntsman, the man who had defeated his father in the 1835 election. He served from March 4, 1837, to March 3, 1841.{{cite web|title=John Wesley Crockett|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/john_crockett/403032|publisher=Govtrack US Congress|access-date=7 March 2013}} Crockett was next elected by the Tennessee General Assembly to be the attorney general for the ninth district of Tennessee, and served from 1841 to 1843.
In 1843, Crockett moved to New Orleans and became a commission merchant. He was also a newspaper editor, publishing the National from May 22, 1848, and establishing the Crescent around 1847.{{cite web|title=John Wesley Crockett|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000920|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=7 March 2013}}
Death
After moving to Memphis, Tennessee, Crockett died there the same year on November 24, 1852, at age 45. He is interred at Old City Cemetery in Paris, Tennessee.{{cite web|title=John Wesley Crockett|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crockett.html|publisher=The Political Graveyard|access-date=7 March 2013}}
Crockett family tree
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{{David Crockett family tree}}
References
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External links
{{CongBio|C000920}}
- {{Find a Grave|6910423}}
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Category:Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee
Category:19th-century American newspaper editors
Category:19th-century American lawyers
Category:Editors of Louisiana newspapers
Category:Journalists from Tennessee
Category:19th-century Tennessee politicians
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives