Force without wisdom falls of its own weight.

Edward St. John Gorey, 1925 – 2000
John Tyler biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of John Tyler

Author Name:

John Tyler

Born As:

John Tyler

Other Names:

10th President of the United States of America - Whig 1841 - 1845

Born:

29 Mar 1790

Died:

18 Jan 1862




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Mother Mary Armistead Tyler
Father John Tyler, Sr., eight children
First wife Letitia Christian Tyler - 1790 – 1842, with whom he had eight children
Second wife Julia Gardiner Tyler  - 1820 - 1889), with whom he had seven children.

Tyler was a slaveholder for his entire life. John Dunjee claimed to be the illegitimate son of John Tyler, a child of Tyler and one of his female slaves. Early in his presidency Tyler was attacked by a newspaper alleging he had fathered and sold several sons with his slaves, prompting a response from the Tyler administration linked newspaper the Madisonian.                                              
Governor of Virginia - 1808–1811

Tenth President of the United States - 1841–1845

First president born after the adoption of the U.S. Constitution, the only president to have held the office of President pro tempore of the Senate, and the only former president elected to office in the government of the Confederacy during the Civil War - he died before he assumed said office.                                              
Democratic-Republican, Tyler was elected Vice President on the Whig ticket. Upon the death of President William Henry Harrison on April 4, 1841, a month after his inauguration, the nation was briefly in a state of confusion regarding the process of succession. Ultimately the situation was settled with Tyler becoming President both in name and in fact. Tyler took the oath of office on April 6, 1841, setting a precedent that would govern future successions and eventually be codified in the Twenty-fifth Amendment.

Democratic-Republican, Tyler was nonetheless elected Vice President on the Whig ticket. Upon the death of President William Henry Harrison on April 4, 1841, only a month after his inauguration, the nation was briefly in a state of confusion regarding the process of succession. Ultimately the situation was settled with Tyler becoming President both in name and in fact. Tyler took the oath of office on April 6, 1841, setting a precedent that would govern future successions and eventually be codified in the Twenty-fifth Amendment.