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Tyler, John
Biography
29 Mar. 1790–18 Jan. 1862. Lawyer, politician. Born on Greenway Plantation, Charles City Co., Virginia. Son of John Tyler and Mary Armistead. Attended College of William and Mary. Following graduation, returned to Greenway, 1807. Served as Virginia state representative, 1811–1816. Married first Letitia Christian, 29 Mar. 1813. Settled near Greenway, 1813. Served as U.S. representative from Virginia, 1816–1821. Purchased and moved to Greenway, 1821. Served as state representative, 1823–1825; as governor of Virginia, 1825–1827; as U.S. senator, 1827–1836; and as vice president of U.S., 1841. Became U.S. president after death of William Henry Harrison. Wife died, 1842. In Mar. 1844, JS signed memorial delivered to Tyler by Orson Hyde, in Washington DC, requesting authorization for one hundred thousand armed volunteers to protect overland emigrants to western North America. Married second Julia Gardiner, 26 June 1844. Following term as president, moved to Sherwood Forest plantation, Charles City Co., near Greenway. Elected state representative to Confederate Congress, 1862, but died in Richmond prior to assembly of Congress.
Links
papers
- General Smith’s Views of the Powers and Policy of the Government of the United States, circa 26 January–7 February 1844
- Account of Meeting, 3 July 1841
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
- Docket Entry, 1–circa 6 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Hyrum Smith, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Land Patent, 10 July 1844
- Letter from Hugh Legaré, 31 March 1843 [Forgery]
- Letter from Isaac Galland, 5 April 1841
- Letter from John Cowan, 31 May 1844
- Letter from John E. Page, 1–2 March 1844
- Letter from Lyman Wight and Heber C. Kimball, 19–24 June 1844
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 11 June 1844
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 25 April 1844
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 26 April 1844
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 30 April 1844
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 9 June 1844
- Letter to Brigham Young, 17 and 20 June 1844
- Letter to John Tyler, 20 June 1844
- Location of the Twelve Apostles, circa 20 June 1844
- Memorial to the United States President, 30 March 1844
- Minutes and Discourse, 3 May 1844
- Minutes, 12 July 1841, Copy
- Minutes, 26 March 1844
- Proclamation, between 19 January and 27 August 1841
- Trial Report, 8–26 July 1843, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Gender
- Male