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Concise Biography & Facts About
John Tyler
Tenth President
- John Tyler
Lifespan - 1788 - 1824
Place of Birth - March 29, 1790 in Charles City County, Virginia
Term as President -
1841-1845
Political Party - Whig
Vice President / Vice Presidents - None
Religion - Episcopalian
Education - William and Mary
graduate
John Tyler, Military Experience - Second Seminole War - ended 1842
Name of Wife - John Tyler was married to Letitia Christian Tyler and to Julia Gardiner Tyler
Career of John Tyler - Politician, Statesman
Member of Virginia House of Delegates, 1811-16
Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1816-21
Virginia State Legislator, 1823-25
Governor of Virginia, 1825-26
United States Senator, 1827-36
Vice President, 1841 (under W. H. Harrison)
Member of Confederate States Congress, 1861-62
Place of Death - John Tyler died on
January 18, 1862 in Richmond, Virginia
Major events in the
biography of President John Tyler
Second Seminole War ends (1842). Florida admitted
(1845) In 1845 U.S. annexes Texas by joint resolution of Congress (March
1st). Webster-Ashburton Treaty with Britain.
Facts and History in the biography of President
John Tyler
John Tyler served in the House of Representatives (1817–21), as governor of Virginia (1825–27), and as senator (1827–36).
John Tyler didn't have a Vice President. He had been William Henry Harrison's VP, and the position was not filled when Tyler assumed the presidency.
He joined the Confederacy when the Civil War started. Tyler was elected to the Confederate House of Representatives.
He lived in retirement in Virginia until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he emerged as chairman of a peace convention and then as delegate to the provisional Congress of the Confederacy.
Presidential Facts and Trivia about President John Tyler
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Description of President
John Tyler -
Height 5 feet 8 inches
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He was always very
thin
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Age
at Inauguration - 51 years old
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He was playing marbles when informed that he had become president upon the death of
Harrison
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He suffered from
the following illnesses : symmetric paralysis, dysentery, frequent colds,
stroke
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Tyler had 15
children
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Tyler was the first president to have his veto overridden by Congress
on March 3, 1845
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Age
at Death - 71 years old, ignored by the government as a sworn enemy of the U.S.
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He died of a
stroke
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Presidential Facts and Trivia about John Tyler!
President Coin or President Dollar Bill
Presidential Money. The United States has placed likenesses of the Presidents on many types of coins and currency.
John Tyler has not appeared on US currency.
President
John Tyler and the Constitution of the US (17th September,1787)
Information and Facts about any President of America is incomplete without
explaining his role and his power in the government of the country. We have
therefore included this section regarding the US Constitution. Under the U.S.
Constitution the president is the head of state, the commander in chief of the armed forces and is also the chief executive of the federal government.
Facts about
Eligibility
Article 2, Section 1, of the U.S. Constitution sets the requirements to hold
office.
Facts
about Term of Office
Following election he, and the Vice President, shall hold his office during the term of four
years. ( The twenty-second amendment, which started with the inauguration of Dwight Eisenhower,
limits the this to two terms)
President's
Executive Oath of Office
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
United States Constitution, Article II, Section 1, Clause 8
Facts about Main Presidential Duties
and power
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Commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the United States
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In times of war or national emergency to manage the national economy and protect the security of the United
States
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Nomination of the heads of all executive departments and agencies (Subject to Senate confirmation)
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Preparing the budget of the United States, although the Congress must approve it.
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Presidential legislative powers - The status of the country and his legislative proposals for the upcoming year are given in the annual State of the Union Address.
Facts
about Presidential judicial power
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Appointing important public officials such as ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls and judges of the Supreme Court.
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Granting reprieves and pardons to anyone convicted of breaking a federal law — except in a case of impeachment.
Facts
about Presidential power in foreign affairs
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Federal official primarily responsible for the relations of the United States with foreign nations.
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To make treaties and appoint ambassadors, ministers, and consuls (provided two thirds of the Senators present concur).
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To receive foreign ambassadors and other public officials.
The
US Constitution and all of the President's duties have been conducted by
Presidents, including John Tyler,
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