Who is John Tyler?
John Tyler was the tenth President of the United States, and during his presidency set a number of precedents. He was initially elected in 1840 as Vice President of William Henry Harrison, but Harrison died just a month after taking office. John Tyler was thus the first president to assume office from the Vice Presidency, and was also the first president born after the US Constitution was written. Tyler also has the dubious honor of being the first president who had an attempted impeachment against him. John Tyler was born in Virginia in 1790, the son of a wealthy landowner. His father would become Governor of Virginia and Tyler would soon follow in his father’s political footsteps. He was well educated at William and Mary College, studied law afterwards and passed the bar examinations with ease. He had a brief stint in the military before setting up his law practice. By the time John Tyler was 21, he was already laying out what would be an extensive political career, serving in the Vi
