John McClannahan Crockett
Full Name: John McClannahan CrockettDate of birth: December 26, 1816
Date of death: August 4, 1887
Terms of Service top
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 26 | Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853 | 4th (1) | Dallas / Dallas | Dallas |
(1) Crockett, resworn 1/11/1853, succeeded himself after resigning 9/27/1852. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
Terms of Service top
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House District 26
Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853 Legislatures: 4th (1) Home City/County: Dallas / Dallas Counties in district: Dallas |
(1) Crockett, resworn 1/11/1853, succeeded himself after resigning 9/27/1852. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch, John McClannahan Crockett, pp. 159-162. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
- CROCKETT, JOHN MCCLANNAHAN (1816-1887). Birth date 12/26/1816, death date 8/4/1887. Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical sketch, p. 37. Hazel, Michael V., Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Volume 8, Number 2, Fall, 1996, crediting Dallas Historical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
- 8th Lieutenant Governor: John McClannahan Crockett. Portrait and biographical sketch. Birth date 12/26/1816, death date 12/30/1878. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Other Resources
- Relatives: John Crockett, born at sea on the way to Philadelphia in 1730, was the uncle of John McClanahan Crockett and the great-great-grandfather of William David Crockett. "Descendants of John Crockett." Ancestry.com.
- Obituary, John McClannahan Crockett, "Death of Gov. Crockett: A Biographical Sketch of One of the Oldest Citizens of Dallas," 8/5/1887, p. 8. Born 12/26/1816 in Lancaster District, South Carolina. "In 1851 he was elected a member of the Legislature, and he introduced the bill which gave repose to the grants of the settlers of Peter's colony." Dallas Morning News.
- John M. Crockett, birth date 12/26/1816, death date 8/4/1887, burial in Pioneer Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County. Includes historical marker photo. Find a Grave.
- Lieutenant Governor of Confederate Texas and Superintendent of the Confederate arms factory at Lancaster, Texas. John McClanahan Crockett, birth date 12/26/1816, death date 8/4/1887. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
- Historical marker, John McClannahan Crockett, Pioneer Park Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission).
Photographs
- Photograph. John Crockett, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006
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