John+Tyler

=John Tyler= = "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." -John Tyler = = Background Information: = Tenth President of the United States

Born on March 29, 1790, in Charles City County, Virginia Died on January 18, 1862, in Richmond, Virginia

Attended College of William and Mary to study law Married Letitia Christian Campaigned with William Henry Harrison in the Log Cabin and Hard Cider Campaign, ran as his Vice-President When President Harrison died, Tyler was placed in office as President because he was the Vice-President

 =Presidency:= __Term:__ Began on April 4, 1841 Ended on March 4, 1845

__Poltical Party:__ Whig, but acted as a Democrat

__Cabinet:__ Vice President: None Secretary of State: Daniel Webster, then Abel P.Upshur, then John C. Calhoun Secretary of War: John Bell, then John C. Spencer, James M. Porter, then William Wilkins Secretary of the Treasury: Thomas Ewing, Walther Forward, then John C. Spencer, then George M. Bibb

__Issues during Presidency:__ -Congress tried passing a second charter for the National Bank, Tyler vetoed it twice, which enraged all whigs -Congress called for higher tariffs, and Tyler vetoed them twice. -Annexed Texas into the union

__Important Points from his Address:__ __An Address to taking Office:__ "The unrestrained power exerted by a selfishly ambitious man in order either to perpetuate his authority or to hand it over to some favorite as his successor may lead to the employment of all the means within his control to accomplish his object. The right to remove from office, while subjected to no just restraint, is inevitably destined to produce a spirit of crouching servility with the official corps, which, in order to uphold the hand which feeds them, would lead to direct and active interference in the elections, both State and Federal, thereby subjecting the course of State legislation to the dictation of the chief executive officer and making the will of that officer absolute and supreme." -Would use his veto power if he deemed it necessary and will make sure corruption did not occur in his cabinet -Discussed the awful news of Harrison's death but now he is in charge which is upheld by the constitution

=Legacy:= First Vice President to come into office due to the President's death.

Work Cited: Information: John Tyler's Speech Accepting Office (1841) [] http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/johntyler http://millercenter.org/president/tyler []

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