He helped foil an assassination attempt on Andrew Jackson

Despite their divergent political views, Crockett is renowned for saving Andrew Jackson from an assassination attempt. This is one of the most interesting facts about Davy Crockett. Politicians gathered in the Capitol Building on January 30, 1835, for the funeral of Representative Warren Davis of South Carolina. Onlookers noted that it was one of the rare instances that might bring the fiercest of political opponents side by side on amicable terms. It was a gloomy, foggy day.

After the burial, Richard Lawrence, an unemployed painter, approached Jackson as he was leaving the East Portico. Jackson was hit by Lawrence's bullet after he took a Derringer handgun out of his jacket and fired. The cap did fire, but the bullet did not go off.

Jackson charged his would-be assassin as Lawrence pulled out a second weapon. "Give me a break! Let me be alone, he yelled. "I recognize the source of this." Then he used his cane to try to beat the attacker. When Lawrence pulled the trigger on his second shot, it also went wrong.

Lawrence was quickly subdued by Navy Lieutenant Thomas Gedney and Davy Crockett, who also hustled the president to a carriage so he could be driven to the White House. Later tests revealed that both of Lawrence's two firearms were fully operational and properly loaded.