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John Tyler served as the 10th US president. He was Vice President under Harrison for about a month. When Harrison died of a cold, Tyler took his place. Some highlights of his years in office,:

  • vetoed a bill to re-establish the Bank of the US(1841)
  • signed the Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842)
  • signed the Treaty of Wanghia with China (1844)
  • approved the annexation of Texas (1844-45)

Here is some background info about John Tyler:

  • born in Virginia (1790)
  • mother died (1797)
  • graduated from the College of William and Mary (1807)
  • admitted to the Virginia bar (1809)
  • member of Virginia House of delegates (1811-1816)
  • married Letititia Christian (1813)
  • US Congressman (1816-1821)
  • Governor of Virginia (1825-1827)
  • US Senator (1827- 1836)
  • member Virginia (state House of Delegates (1828-1840)
  • US Vice-president (1841)
  • US president (1841-1845)
  • first wife died (1842)
  • married Julia Gardner (1844)
  • Confederate Congressman (1862)
  • died (1862)
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Tyler graduated from The College of William and Mary and 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.

John Tyler served in the Virginia Legislature, the U. S. House of Representatives and the U. S. Senate, as Governor of Virginia and finally as Vice President of the United States .

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Tyler graduated from the College of William and Mary when he was 17. He was 19 when he was admitted to the bar. Two years later he was elected to the Virginia state house. At 26 he became a US Congressman and served for three terms.

When he was 35 he was elected governor of VA. After one term, as governor, he was elected to the US Senate. IN 1840, he was elected vice-president of the US.

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he made taxes go low he made sure people had food and he made the eviorment clean

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Tyler was a lawyer, a planter and politician before he became President.

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