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I assume people can't edit this because its about a well known historical person. More information about his Congressional service would be nice. I looked him up in Dr. Keith Poole's common-space NOMINATE scores where he's listed initially as a Jacksonian and later as an anti-Jacksonian, and scores at 1st Dimension (economic) 0.064, making him moderate-conservative economically. As well as .784 in the second dimension, which means he was pretty strongly aligned with the South regionally, which could represent pro-bimetallism or pro-slavery views.

In a modern-context, the 2nd dimension has largely broken down, so we typically only look at the 1st dimension for current members, but in Crockett's era, the 2nd dimension was a very important voting alignment. My guess is that Crockett's shift from Jacksonian to anti-Jacksonian reflects his opposition to the Indian Removal Act and Jackson's genocidal policies towards Native Americans.

Links to consider. http://voteview.com/rank_orders_all_congresses.htm http://voteview.com/HOUSE_SORT20.HTM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOMINATE_%28scaling_method%29

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Tennessee River?

No, Crockett's businesses weren't destroyed because of a Tennessee River flood. Lawrenceburg is nowhere where the Tennessee River, which divides Tennessee well west of there then flows into Alabama before combing back into East Tennessee. Lawrenceburg is located on what is now called Shoal Creek and it was that creek that flooded and wiped out his business. ~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.54.199.8 (talk) 20:37, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Currently, the Wikipedia page notes: "While serving in the United States House of Representatives, Crockett became a Freemason. He entrusted his masonic apron to the Weakly Lodge in Tennessee before leaving for Texas, and it still survives today.[169] The citation give is: Crockett, Davy. "Grand Lodge of Texas". Masonic Research. Grand Lodge of Texas. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012

The citation is correct, however, the information on which the citation is based has been proven incorrect. The information on which the assertion that Crockett was a Freemasonry was based on erroneous reporting in 1897 which was later passed on through an article in 1936 and again in 1986 in the Texas Freemason Magazine. The evidence that proves the reporting was mistaken appears in When History Fails Legends Prevail: Questioning the Masonic Affiliation of Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett, John Bizzack, PhD., Autumn House Publishing, 2013, ISBN-13: 978-1484121764. The actual Masonic apron alleged to have belonged to Davy Crockett was never on display or seen. Only a drawing of the apron claimed to be Crockett's was ever produced. It was determined the apron in question likely belonged to John Wesley Crockett, Davy Crockett's son who was a member of Trenton Lodge N0 86, in Trenton, Gibson County, Tennessee. Bittersweet3321 (talk) 03:34, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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 No, Crockett's businesses weren't destroyed because of a Tennessee River flood. Lawrenceburg is nowhere where the Tennessee River, which divides Tennessee well west of there then flows into Alabama before combing back into East Tennessee. Lawrenceburg is located on what is now called Shoal Creek and it was that creek that flooded and wiped out his business.
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+Currently, the Wikipedia page notes: "While serving in the United States House of Representatives, Crockett became a Freemason. He entrusted his masonic apron to the Weakly Lodge in Tennessee before leaving for Texas, and it still survives today.[169] The citation give is: Crockett, Davy. "Grand Lodge of Texas". Masonic Research. Grand Lodge of Texas. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012
+The citation is correct, however, the information on which the citation is based has been proven incorrect. The information on which the assertion that Crockett was a Freemasonry was based on erroneous reporting in 1897 which was later passed on through an article in 1936 and again in 1986 in the Texas Freemason Magazine. The evidence that proves the reporting was mistaken appears in ''When History Fails Legends Prevail: Questioning the Masonic Affiliation of Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett,'' John Bizzack, PhD., Autumn House Publishing, 2013, ISBN-13: 978-1484121764. The actual Masonic apron alleged to have belonged to Davy Crockett was never on display or seen. Only a drawing of the apron claimed to be Crockett's was ever produced. It was determined the apron in question likely belonged to John Wesley Crockett, Davy Crockett's son who was a member of Trenton Lodge N0 86, in Trenton, Gibson County, Tennessee. [[User:Bittersweet3321|Bittersweet3321]] ([[User talk:Bittersweet3321|talk]]) 03:34, 17 March 2018 (UTC)