Early Years Of John Tyler
John Tyler was the tenth president of the United States. He was the first president to take over the office after the death of a sitting president. Although Tyler was a Democratic Republican, he was elected the vice president on a Whig ticket. |
On April 4, 1841, President William Henry Harrison passed away a month after entering the office. For a short while, there was chaos as how the succession should proceed. However, this confusion was short-lived after Tyler was sworn in as the new president. Tyler took the oath of office on April 6, 1841. He was 51 years old, and was the youngest president at that point to ever occupy the seat of presidency.
Tyler was born on March 29, 1790 to John Tyler Sr. and Mary Armistead Tyler in Charles City County, Virginia. He had seven siblings, and received very good education. He was brought by his parents to believe in the US Constitution, and this was one belief he did not lose right through his life.
Tyler's father was a friend of Thomas Jefferson and owned a tobacco plantation of 1,000 acres that was tended to slaves. Tyler Sr. also worked as a judge at the US Circuit Court at Richmond, Virginia.
When Tyler was just seven years old, his mother died from a stroke. At the age of 12 he joined the College of William and Mary, and later enrolled in the collegiate program of the college. He graduated in 1807 when he was 17 years old.
After that, Tyler started to study law, first under the tutelage of his father, then under his cousin, and finally under Edmund Randolph, the first US Attorney General. Tyler was admitted into the Bar in 1809.
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