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| John Tyler
(1790 - 1862)
| Timeline |
| 1790 |
Born 29 March |
| 1807 |
Graduates from the College of William and Mary |
| 1809 |
Admitted to the bar |
| 1811 |
Member, State house of delegates until 1816 |
| 1813 |
Marries Letitia Christian |
| 1815 |
Daughter, Mary, born |
| 1816 |
Serves in the House of Representatives until 1821; son, Robert, born |
| 1819 |
Son, John Jr., born |
| 1821 |
Daughter, Letitia, born |
| 1823 |
Member, State house of delegates until 1825; daughter, Elizabeth, born |
| 1825 |
Governor of Virginia; daughter, Anne, born - dies a few months later |
| 1827 |
Elected to the United States Senate; daughter, Alice, born |
| 1829 |
Member of the State constitutional convention |
| 1830 |
Member of the State constitutional convention; son, Tazewell, born |
| 1839 |
Member State house of delegates |
| 1840 |
Successfully runs as vice-presidential candidate with William Henry Harrison |
| 1841 |
President Harrison dies a month after taking office, Tyler takes the oath |
| 1842 |
Wife, Letitia, dies |
| 1844 |
Marries Julia Gardiner |
| 1846 |
Son, David, born |
| 1848 |
Son, John Alexander, born |
| 1849 |
Daughter, Julia, born |
| 1851 |
Son, Lachlan, born |
| 1853 |
Son, Lyon, born |
| 1856 |
Son, Robert Fitzwalter, born |
| 1860 |
Daughter, Pearl, born |
| 1861 |
Delegate to and president of the peace convention held in Washington, D.C.; delegate to the Confederate Provisional Congress; elected to the House of Representatives of the Confederate Congress |
| 1862 |
Dies 18 January |
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