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born	active	died
1790, Mar 29	1841-1845	1862, Jan 18

the tenth President of the United States (1841–1845). He was elected vice president on the 1840 Whig ticket with William Henry Harrison, and became president after his running mate's death in April 1841. Tyler was known as a supporter of states' rights, which endeared him to his fellow Virginians, yet his acts as president showed that he was willing to support nationalist policies as long as they did not infringe on the rights of the states. Still, the circumstances of his unexpected rise to the presidency and his possible threat to the ambitions of other potential presidential candidates left him estranged from both major parties in Washington. A firm believer in manifest destiny, President Tyler sought to strengthen and preserve the Union through territorial expansion, most notably the annexation of the independent Republic of Texas in his last days in office.

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	03/29/1790	-	Future US president John Tyler is born	Additional Information: History.com: John Tyler is born Wikipedia: John Tyler
	04/06/1841	-	John Tyler is inaugurated as 10th president	Additional Information: History.com: Tyler is inaugurated as 10th president
	08/16/1841	-	John Tyler is burned in effigy outside White House	Additional Information: History.com: Tyler is burned in effigy outside White House
	01/31/1842	-	John Tyler's daughter Elizabeth marries William Nevison Waller in the White House	Additional Information: Wikipedia: Elizabeth Tyler
	02/28/1844	-	12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes, narrowly missing US President John Tyler	Additional Information: History.com: Tyler narrowly escapes death on the USS Princeton
	06/26/1844	-	U.S. President John Tyler marries Julia Gardiner in New York City	Additional Information: History.com: President John Tyler weds his second wife
	03/01/1845	-	President John Tyler authorizes the annexation of Texas	Additional Information: Wikipedia: Texas annexation Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Annexation Process: Joint Resolution for Annexing Texas The Republic of texas: 1845 Annexation Agreement
	03/03/1845	-	First time, U.S. Senate overrides presidential veto (by John Tyler)	Additional Information: History.com: Congress overrides presidential veto for first time

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Politics:	Party: Whig
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...State, under Presidents William Henry Harrison and John Tyler (1841–1843) and Millard Fillmore (1850–1852)....

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I can never consent to being dictated to.
Let it be henceforth proclaimed to the world that man's conscience was created free; that he is no longer accountable to his fellow man for his religious opinions, being responsible therefore only to his God.
Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette - the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace.
So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations.
Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality.

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