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John Tyler
	10th President of the United States	April 6, 1841 to March 3, 1845



	Born: March 29, 1790, in Greenway, Virginia	Died: January 18, 1862, in Richmond, Virginia
	Father: John Tyler	Mother: Mary Marot Armistead Tyler
	Religion: Episcopalian	Education: Graduated from the College of William and Mary (1807)
	Occupation: Lawyer	Political Party: Whig
	Nicknames: "Accidental President"; "His Accidency"

Married: Letitia Chrisitan (1790-1842), on March 29, 1813; Julia Gardiner (1820-1889), on June 26, 1844

Children: Mary Tyler (1815-48); Robert Tyler (1816-77); John Tyler (1819-96); Letitia Tyler (1821-1907); Elizabeth Tyler (1823-50); Anne Contesse Tyler (1825); Alice Tyler (1827-54); Tazewell Tyler (1830-74); David Gardiner Tyler (1846-1927); John Alexander Tyler (1848-83); Julia Gardiner Tyler (1849-71); Lachlan Tyler (1851-1902); Lyon Gardiner Tyler (1853-1935); Robert Fitzwalter Tyler (1856-1927); Pearl Tyler (1860-1947)

Other Government Positions:		Points of Interest:
Member of Virginia House of Delegates, 1811-16 Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1816-21 Virginia State Legislator, 1823-25 Governor of Virginia, 1825-26 United States Senator, 1827-36 Vice President, 1841 Member of Confederate States Congress, 1861-62		the first president whose wife died while he was in office the only president to hold office in the Confederacy. five years after leaving office, Tyler was so poor he was unable to pay a bill for $1.25 until he had sold his corn crop the of playing "Hail to the Chief" whenever a president appears at state functions was started by Tyler's second wife, Julia

"The institutions under which we live,

my countrymen, secure each person

in the perfect enjoyment of all his rights."

- Inaugural address, 1841

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IPL POTUS -- John Tyler

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