PRESIDENT John Tyler IV (10TH PRESIDENT USA 1841-1845; CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA 1861 delegate to the CONFEDERATE PROVISIONAL CONGRESS )

• General Notes
  • President John TYLER IV of Virginia
    29 Mar 1790 - 18 Jan 1862
    ID Number: I44123
    
    TITLE: President
    
    OCCUPATION: Tenth president of USA 1841-1845; C.S.A. 1861 delegate to the Confederate Provisional Congress
    
    RESIDENCE: Charles City, and Richmond, VA and Washington, DC
    
    BIRTH: 29 Mar 1790, Greenway, Charles City Co., Virginia
    DEATH: 18 Jan 1862, Richmond, Virginia
    BURIAL: Hollywood Cemetary, Richmond, Virginia
    RESOURCES: See: [S180] [S273] [S1464] [S1615] [S2127]
    Father: John TYLER III of Virginia
    Mother: Mary Marot ARMISTEAD
    
    
    
    Family 1 : Letitia CHRISTIAN First Lady of USA
    MARRIAGE: 29 Mar 1813, Cedar Grove, New Kent Co. VA
    Mary TYLER
    +Robert TYLER C.S.A.
    John TYLER V of C.S.A.
    Letita Christian TYLER
    +Elizabeth TYLER
    Ann Contesse TYLER
    Alice TYLER
    Tazewell TYLER
    Family 2 : Julia GARDINER First Lady of USA
    MARRIAGE: 26 Jun 1844, Ch of Ascension NYC, NY
    David Gardiner TYLER C.S.A.
    John Alexander TYLER
    Julia Gardiner TYLER
    Lachlan TYLER
    Lyon Gardiner TYLER
    Robert Fitzwalter TYLER
    Pearl TYLER
    Notes
    
    "Was never elected to office; attained the presidency through the death of his predecessor William Henry Harrison, whose vice-president he was. Samuel L. Southard, president pro tempore of the Senate served as his vice-president."
    www.potus.com, which lists all presidents and another interesting site is www.sherwoodforest.org tells all about his home.
    "John Tyler" by Oliver P. Chitwood. It has a lot of interesting info. It will answer some of your questions. You can reach me at dkirk@acnet.net. Dwight Kirk
    Facts About the Presidents by Joseph Nathan Kane. It contains all of the presidents children birthdates and spouses,as well as, the names and births and deaths of all of the siblings.
    
    
    Tales and Graves of our Presidents Published in 1886 that has all the BIOS of presidents with geneology and grave site from Washington to Garfield,
    Error: It states only 3 sons and 3 daughters by Letitia Christian Tyler.
    Her Daughter Letitia Tyler Semple of Baltimore placed minimal grave marker and stated that USA should have honored her father by a Marker.
    
    
    
    Tyler, John (1790-1862) Son of John Tyler (1747-1813); son-in-law of David Gardiner; father of David Gardiner Tyler. Born in Charles City County, Va., March 29, 1790. Whig. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1811-16, 1823-25, 1839-40; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Representative from Virginia 23rd District, 1817-21; Governor of Virginia, 1825-27; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1827-36; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; Vice President of the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836; President of the United States, 1841-45; delegate to Virginia secession convention, 1861; Delegate from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; died in office 1862. Episcopalian. Died in Richmond, Va., January 18, 1862. Interment at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va. Tyler County, Tex. is named for him. See also: congressional biography.
    Src: http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tyler.html
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    TYLER, John, 1790-1862
    Senate Years of Service: 1827-1833; 1833-1836 Party: Jacksonian; Anti-Jackson Library of Congress: "TYLER, John, (father of David Gardiner Tyler), a Representative and a Senator from Virginia, a Vice President and 10th President of the United States; born in Charles City County, Va., March 29, 1790; attended private schools and graduated from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., in 1807; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1809 and commenced practice in Charles City County; captain of a military company in 1813; member, State house of delegates 1811-1816; member of the council of state in 1816; elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Clopton; reelected to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses and served from December 16, 1817, to March 3, 1821; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1820 because of impaired health; member, State house of delegates 1823-1825; Governor of Virginia 1825-1827; elected to the United States Senate in 1827; reelected in 1833 and served from March 4, 1827, to February 29, 1836, when he resigned; served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Twenty-third Congress; chairman, Committee on the District of Columbia (Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses), Committee on Manufactures (Twenty-third Congress); member of the State constitutional convention in 1829 and 1830; member, State house of delegates 1839; elected Vice President of the United States on the Whig ticket with William Henry Harrison in 1840; was inaugurated March 4, 1841, and served until the death of President Harrison April 4, 1841; took the oath of office as President of the United States April 6, 1841, and served until March 3, 1845; did not seek reelection; delegate to and president of the peace convention held in Washington, D.C., in 1861 in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war; delegate to the Confederate Provisional Congress in 1861; elected to the House of Representatives of the Confederate Congress, but died in Richmond, Va., January 18, 1862, before the assembling of the Congress; interment in Hollywood Cemetery.
    
    
    Bibliography
    American National Biography; Dictionary of American Biography; Chitwood, Oliver. John Tyler: Champion of the Old South. 1939. Reprint. New York: Russell and Russell, 1969; Tyler, Lyon, ed. The Letters and the Times of the Tylers. 3 vols. 1884-1896. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1970."
    
    
    
    
    
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                                                            _John I TYLER Gent.__+
                                                           | (1685 - 1727)      
                                  _John TYLER II___________|
                                 | (1715 - 1773)           |
                                 |                         |_Elizabeth JARRETT __+
                                 |                           (1690 - ....)      
    _John TYLER III of Virginia_|
    | (1747 - 1813) m 1776       |
    |                            |                          _Louis CONTESSE _____
    |                            |                         | (1680 - 1729)      
    |                            |_Anne CONTESSE __________|
    |                              (1720 - ....)           |
    |                                                      |_Mary MORRIS ________
    |                                                        (1690 - ....)      
    |
    |--John TYLER IV of Virginia
    |  (1790 - 1862)
    |                                                       _Ellyson ARMISTEAD __+
    |                                                      | (1710 - ....) m 1736
    |                             _Robert Booth ARMISTEAD _|
    |                            | (1737 - ....) m 1760    |
    |                            |                         |_Jane ANDERSON ______+
    |                            |                           (1715 - ....) m 1736
    |_Mary Marot ARMISTEAD ______|
      (1761 - 1797) m 1776       |
                                 |                          _James SHIELDS II____+
                                 |                         | (1700 - 1750) m 1738
                                 |_Ann SHIELDS ____________|
                                   (1742 - ....) m 1760    |
                                                           |_Anne MAROT _________+
                                                             (1703 - ....) m 1738
    
    
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