• In the spring of 1844, Tyler ordered Secretary of State John C. Calhoun to begin negotiations with Texas president Sam Houston for the annexation of Texas.
  • The cabinet of John Tyler resigned in 1841 at the instigation of Henry Clay. John Quincy Adams was among the critics to refer to John Tyler as “His Accidency”.
  • A good account of the politics of Tyler's administration is in Robert J. Morgan, A Whig Embattled: The Presidency under John Tyler (1954).
  • He even refused to open letters that were sent to “Acting President Tyler.” Eventually, Americans accepted John Tyler was the nation’s 10th president.
  • A Whig Embattled by Robert J. Morgan. 4. John Tyler. @POTUS_10. ... 1. Show this thread. John Tyler. @POTUS_10. · Sep 17, 2022.
  • Elizabeth Armistead Tyler. 1780. 1824 (43-44 years). m.1798 John Pryor (1774-1846). 8 children. 3. Martha Jefferson Tyler. 1782. 1855 (72-73 years).
  • John Tyler was the sixth of eight children of John and Mary Marot Armistead Tyler. John Tyler’s father was a prosperous tobacco grower and slaver owner.
  • 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.
  • Un-Whigged: Tyler Kicked Out of His Own Party - a Presidential Story Ep. 58. John Tyler | 60-Second Presidents | PBS.
  • John Tyler, 10th president of the United States (1841–45), who took office upon the death of President William Henry Harrison.