Which defender of the Alamo was a former US representative?

• A. James Bowie
• B. Marin de Cos
• C. Hendrick Arnold
• D. David Crockett

Answer: (D)

David Crockett is the defender who had served in the U.S. Congress. He was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee before heading to Texas to join the defenders at the Alamo, where he died in 1836. The others didn’t hold that office: James Bowie was a famous frontier fighter known for the Bowie knife, Marin de Cos was a Spanish commander, and Hendrick Arnold was a frontier scout. So Crockett’s prior role as a U.S. representative is what makes him the correct match.