10.John+Tyler

**JOHN TYLER**

 * 1841-1845**

**INTRODUCTION **  **John Tyler was America's tenth president to 1841-1845. He was the also the first president who was elevated to the office of President William Henry Harrison by death in his predecessor. He was born in Virginia and raised by the Constitution; he thought everything in the Constitution had to be strictly followed. In his early years he attended the College of William and Mary to study law. He already had law political background because his father was the governor of Virginia and his cousin being the first U.S. attorney. **

     **EARLY CAREER **

**Tyler from 1811-1816 served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. He led the efforts to take out of office the two Virginian senators who had voted for the creation of the Bank of New York. In the War of 1812, Tyler was in the militia as a Captain but his unit did see combat. Tyler who was elected on a states rights platform, served in the House of Representatives. In January of 1821, after consistently finding himself in the minority on most issues, he resigned. From 1823-1825, he was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates and from 1825-27 was Governor of Virginia. For the next nine years, Tyler served in the US Senate. He became a a voice opponent of Andrew Jackson. From 1838 to 1840 Tyler served as a Member of the Virginia House of Delegates but was then elected as Govenor of Virginia, ** **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 21.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN OFFICE ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 21.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Besides being the first person to become president through the death of a previous president, John Tyler was well known for going against legislation that would increase the federal goverments power. In 1841 His entire cabinet except the secretary of state resigned because of John Tylers choice to vetoe laws creating the Third National Bank. Because of this event John had to be in office without a parties support. In 1842, John agreed to ratifie the Webster-Ashburton Treaty which ultimitly set the boundry between Maine And Canada. Also during presidency John signed a treaty which would gain trade in chinese ports and three days before leaving office John Tyler signed a law for the annexation of Texas. ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-1" style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In 1845, three days before leaving office, John Tyler signed into law the joint resolution allowing for the annexation of Texas. Importantly, the resolution extended 36 degrees 30 minutes as the mark dividing free and slave states through Texas. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**﻿**

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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #810081; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">__[|John Tyler]__ ** Some of the historians views towards John Tyler and Presidency.