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| − | '''John Tyler''' (1790 – 1862) was the tenth [[President of the United States]] and first to succeed a President without being elected. He had been born on March 29, 1790 on his father's estate of Greenway Plantation, in Charles City County Virginia. He was elected to the Senate in 1827 and remained their until 1836 when he ran for Vice President (this would be the last time Presidents and Vice Presidents ran seperately.) He ran the next year with Harrison as Presidential candidate and himself as Harrison's running mate causing the slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" to come to be. When Harrison died of pneumonia he became the President. At the time it was disputed what the substitution of the President was meant to be and ex-President [[John Quincy Adams]] sent him letters signed to "The acting President." He did not win the Whig nomination of 1844 but lost it to Henry Clay. He was the only President to join the secession of the south and be elected to an office there. He died in 1862 before he could begin much active duty for the Confederacy. <ref> [[Encyclopedia of Presidents John Tyler]] by Dee Lillegard, Children's Press </ref> <ref> [[Encyclopedia of Presidents James K. Polk]] by Dee Lillegard, Children's Press </ref> | + | '''John Tyler''' (1790 – 1862) was the tenth [[President of the United States]] and first to succeed a President without being elected. |
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| | + | Born on his father's estate of Greenway Plantation, Virginia, Tyler was elected to the Senate in 1827 and remained their until 1836 when he ran for Vice President (this would be the last time Presidents and Vice Presidents ran seperately.) He ran the next year with Harrison as Presidential candidate and himself as Harrison's running mate causing the slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" to come to be. |
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| | + | When Harrison died of pneumonia, Tyler became the President. At the time it was disputed what the substitution of the President was meant to be and ex-President [[John Quincy Adams]] sent him letters signed to "The acting President." He did not win the Whig nomination of 1844 but lost it to Henry Clay. |
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| | + | Tyler was the only President to join the secession of the south and be elected to an office there. He died in 1862 before he could begin much active duty for the Confederacy.<ref>[[Encyclopedia of Presidents John Tyler]] by Dee Lillegard, Children's Press </ref> <ref>[[Encyclopedia of Presidents James K. Polk]] by Dee Lillegard, Children's Press </ref> |
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| | + | As President, Tyler's first act was to proclaim a National Day of Fasting and Prayer, declaring:<ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-03-29&view=View</ref> |
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| | + | :When a Christian people feel themselves to be overtaken by a great public calamity, it becomes them to humble themselves under the dispensation of Divine Providence, to recognize His righteous government over the children of men...and to supplicate His merciful protection for the future. |
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| | + | In his 2nd Annual Message to Congress in 1842, President Tyler stated:<ref>''id.''</ref> |
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| | + | :The schoolmaster and the missionary are found side by side. |
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| | + | == References == |
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