• A House select committee headed by John Quincy Adams, an ardent abolitionist who disliked slaveholders like Tyler, condemned Tyler's use of the veto and...
  • They proposed John Tyler as the party’s vice presidential candidate because they hoped he would appeal to southern voters.
  • Meet the first vice president to ascend to the presidency, following William Henry Harrison's deathAn overview of John Tyler.
  • Toward the end of January 1861, the Virginia legislature and other state dignitaries, including Tyler and Governor John Letcher, made an...
  • John Tyler signaled the last gasp of the Old Virginia aristocracy in the White House.
  • In terms of the legacy John Tyler left behind, many may argue that his accomplishments as president of the United States were very minimal, barring the...
  • John Tyler suffered from ill health all his life and finally succumbed to death at the age of 72, after suffering from a stroke.
  • John Tyler became the tenth President of the United States (1841-1845) when President William Henry Harrison died in April 1841.
  • John Tyler was the 10th president of the United States. ... Like his father, John Tyler served as governor of Virginia.
  • John Tyler's wife Letitia Christian had a stroke in 1839 and could not perform the traditional First Lady duties.