10.John Tyler

John Tyler 

(The 10th President of The United States)

John Tyler - The 10th President of United States

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Born                      : 29 March of 1790 at Virginia, America

Died                      : 18 January of 1862 at Virginia, America

Age when Died       : 71 Years

Presidency Period : 4 April of 1841 – 4 Mach of 1845

Political Party       :  Whig

Vice president       : None

John Tyler was the tenth president of the United States from 1841 to 1845 after briefly serving as the tenth vice president in 1841; he was elected vice president on the 1840 Whig ticket with President William Henry Harrison. Tyler ascended to the presidency after Harrison's death in April 1841, only a month after the start of the new administration.

  -Source from: VOA Learning English

President Harrison died just one month after taking office, and Tyler became the first vice president to succeed to the presidency without election. He served longer than any president in U.S. history not elected to the office. To forestall constitutional uncertainty, Tyler immediately took the oath of office, moved into the White House, and assumed full presidential powers—a precedent that governed future successions and was codified in the Twenty-fifth Amendment. Tyler signed into law some of the Whig-controlled Congress's bills, but he was a strict constructionist and vetoed the party's bills to create a national bank and raise the tariff rates.

The Republic of Texas separated from Mexico in 1836. Tyler was a firm believer in manifest destiny and saw its annexation as providing an economic advantage to the United States, so he worked diligently to make it happen. He initially sought election to a full term as president, but he failed to gain the support of either Whigs or Democrats and withdrew in support of Democrat James K. Polk, who favored the annexation of Texas.

à        Cause of death – Stroke

à        Spouse – Letitia Christian

à        Children – 15 Children

à        Parents – John Tyler Sr. (Father) & Mary Armisted (Mother)