OVERVIEW:

BORN:
March 29, 1790
Charles City County, Virginia,

DIED:
January 18, 1862 (age 71):
Richmond, Virginia

EDUCATION:
College of William and Mary (1807),
Studied law with his father

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic-Republican (1811–1828)
Democrat (1828–1834)
Whig (1834–1841)
Democratic-Republican (1844)

HIGHLIGHTS:
1809:
Admitted to the Virginia Bar,
Began Practicing law in Charles City County, Virginia
1811-1816:
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
1813:
Captain of a military company,
March 29, 1813:
Married Letitia Christian (died in 1842)
1815-1816:
Member of the Virginia Executive Council
1816-1821:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia (Democratic-Republican),
District included the city of Richmond and Charles City, Hanover, Henrico, and New Kent counties
1823-1825:
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
1825-1827:
Governor of Virginia
1827-1836:
U.S. Senator from Virginia (Jacksonian)
1829-1830:
Member of the Virginia State Constitutional Convention in Richmond
1836:
Unsuccessful candidate for Vice President on Whig tickets with Hugh Lawson White,
Resigns from U.S. Senate instead of following the General Assembly’s instructions to introduce and votes for a resolution to expunge the Senate’s 1834 censure of President Andrew Jackson
1839:
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
1840:
Elected Vice President of the United States on the Whig ticket with William Henry Harrison
3/4/1841-4/4/1841:
Vice President of the United States
1841-1845:
10th President of the United States,
Became President after William Henry Harrison’s death,
First Vice President to assume office after a President’s death,
1841:
Expelled from the Whig party after vetoing a bill to establish a national bank,
Entire cabinet resigned except for Secretary of State Daniel Webster when Tyler doesn’t follow Whig policies
September 10, 1842:
First Lady Letitia Christian Tyler suffers a stroke and dies
1843:
Impeachment resolution introduced in House after Tyler vetoes a tariff bill
1844:
Submitted treaty to annex Republic of Texas (ratification failed in the Senate)
June 26, 1844:
Married Julia Gardner in New York City
1845:
Signed joint resolution admitting Texas to the Union as a slave state
1861:
Delegate to and President of the Peace Convention in Washington, DC (effort to avoid Civil War),
Delegate to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
Voted for Secession at Virginia Convention,
Elected to the Confederate House of Representative from Virginia (died before the Congress assembled)