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Tyler, John

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		American Presidents: Life Portraits ^Votes:0 Pick a President George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren William Henry Harrison John Tyler James K. Polk Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant Rutherford B. Hayes James A. Garfield Chester A. Arthur Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Richard M. Nixon Gerald R. Ford Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan George Bush Bill Clinton George W. Bush A Site to Complement C-SPAN 's 20th Anniversary Television Series, American Presidents: Life Portra Read More Go to Site


		Biography of John Tyler ^Votes:0 PRESIDENT \| VICE PRESIDENT \| FIRST LADY \| MRS. CHENEY \| NEWS Your Government \| History & Tours \| Kids \| E-mail \| En EspaÑol Podcasts RSS Feeds Tours In Person On-Line Panoramic Grounds & Garden Presidents & First Ladies Presidents First Ladies Kid Bios Kids Quiz White House Art Facts EEOB VP Residence Events & Traditions African-American History Month Presidents & Baseball Grounds and Garden Easter Egg Roll Christmas & Holidays State of the Union Resources Historical Association Presidential Libraries Military Air Force One Camp David Marine One Home > History & Tours > Past Presidents > John Tyler John Tyler Dubbed "His Accidency" by his detractors, John Tyler was the first Vice President to be elevated to the office of President by the death of his predecessor. Born in Virginia Read More Go to Site

		John Tyler ^Votes:0 John Tyler Tyler was playing marbles when he learned that he was to be President. Tyler was the first President to have a veto overridden. John Tyler was the President to have the most children. He had 15. He made the most cabinet changes of any single-term President. John Tyler joined the Confederacy twenty years after he was in office and became the only President named a sworn enemy of the United States. Tyler didn't make an Inaugural Address. Tyler was a great-uncle of Harry S Truman. 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. He had a horse named "General," a pet canary named "Johnny Ty," and an Itialian greyhound named "Le Beau." Tyler's second wife initiated the practice of playing "Hail to the Chief" whe Read More Go to Site

		John Tyler and the pursuit of national destiny ^Votes:0 Edward P. Crapol, "John Tyler and the Pursuit of National Destiny," Journal of the Early American Republic, Vol. 17, no.3 (October 1997) John Tyler rarely has been credited, either by contemporary observers or later historians, for having a vision of national destiny. Although he served as president during the "manifest destiny" decade of the 1840s, or what more recently has been characterized by one historian as an era of "manifest design," Tyler routinely has been dismissed as a narrow states' rights stalwart who, when president in the early 1840s, pursued continental expansion solely, as in the case of Texas, to preserve the institution of slavery.l His perceived prosouthern role in the peace conference of 1860-61, his decision to support secession after pe Read More Go to Site

		Presidents: John Tyler ^Votes:0 John Tyler Tyler was the first vice president to assume the office of President after the death of his predecessor. His most notable accomplishment was the annexation of Texas. The Early Years John Tyler was born in Greenway, Virginia. His mother died when he was seven years old. He attended The College of William and Mary. Upon graduation,Tyler began to study law, first under his father (a former governor of Virginia), then under his cousin and finally under Edmund Randolph, the first US Attorney General. Tyler was admitted to the bar in 1809. From 1811-1816 he served as a Member of the Virginia House of Delegates. He led the efforts to censure the two Virginian senators who had voted for the creation of the Bank of New York. During the War of 1812, Tyler enlisted in the militia as a Capt Read More Go to Site

		Presidents: John Tyler ^Votes:0 John Tyler Tyler was the first vice president to assume the office of President after the death of his predecessor. His most notable accomplishment was the annexation of Texas. The Early Years John Tyler was born in Greenway, Virginia. His mother died when he was seven years old. He attended The College of William and Mary. Upon graduation,Tyler began to study law, first under his father (a former governor of Virginia), then under his cousin and finally under Edmund Randolph, the first US Attorney General. Tyler was admitted to the bar in 1809. From 1811-1816 he served as a Member of the Virginia House of Delegates. He led the efforts to censure the two Virginian senators who had voted for the creation of the Bank of New York. During the War of 1812, Tyler enlisted in the militia as a Capt Read More Go to Site

		Welcome to The American Presidency ^Votes:0 2004 Election President Bush's 2005 State of the Union Address The Inauguration of George W. Bush The 2004 U.S. Presidential Election: The Winner Is George W. Bush The 2004 U.S. Presidential Election: How We Vote The Electoral College: How It Works The Democratic and Republican National Conventions, 2004 From Classroom Magazines Bush Wins! (Scholastic News Senior Edition, 11/12/04) Madam President (Scholastic News Edition 4, 3/1/04) Cliffhanger - The Presidential Election (Junior Scholastic, 10/4/04) President by a Nose (Scholastic News Senior Edition, 11/29/04) ABOUT \| HELP Copyright © 2007 Scholastic Library Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Read More Go to Site

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