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Except for the years 1834 to 1844, when he called himself a Whig, John Tyler was a life-long Democrat. He was elected to almost every office open to a professional politician. From 1811 to 1816 and again from 1823 to 1825 he sat in the Virginia House of Delegates. From 1816 to 1821 he served in the United States House of Representatives. He was elected governor of Virginia in 1825, but he resigned in 1827 to enter the United States Senate. There he remained until 1836.
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John Tyler was born the son of John Tyler (1747-1813) and Mary Armistead. He studied law with his father, who became Governor of Virginia (1808-1811), and followed his father as governor (1825-1827) after a stint in the House of Representatives. During his time as U.S. Senator, Tyler, who had begun as a strict state-rights Democrat, grew increasingly alienated from the Jacksonian Democrats, especially by Jackson's aggressive handling of the South Carolina nullification issue.
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John Tyler was married twice. His first wife was Letitia Christian Tyler with whom he had eight children; she died in the White House in September 1842. His second wife was Julia Gardiner Tyler (July 23, 1820 - July 10, 1889), with whom he had seven children. As of 2007, one of his grandsons, Harrison Ruffin Tyler, is still alive.
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Throughout his long political career John Tyler held rigidly to certain beliefs. He could be a very stubborn man when he believed he was right. He thought that only educated men who owned property should have the vote. He was very upset when General Andrew Jackson appeared on the political scene in the years between 1824 and 1828 as the popular leader of the common people. Tyler never trusted Jackson. He worried that a military man in the White House might bypass the Constitution and establish a military dictatorship.
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John Tyler was born on March 29, 1790 in Charles City County, Virginia, a member of the tobacco planting aristocracy of Tidewater Virginia. His father, John Tyler, was an American Revolution patriot who served three terms as Governor of Virginia from 1808 to 1811. His mother was Mary Armistead. Tyler was brought up believing that the Constitution was to be strictly interpreted and he never strayed from that belief. Aspiring to a career in politics, he attended the College of William and Mary studying law. He graduated in 1807 and was admitted to the bar in 1809.
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John Tyler was born on March 29, l790, in Charles County, Virginia. He graduated from William and Mary College in 1807 and was admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1809, after which he began the practice of law. When he was twenty-one years old, Tyler was elected to the Virginia Legislature. He married Letitia Christian in 1813, and then went on to serve as captain of a militia in the War of 1812. In 1816, at the age of 26, he was elected to the US House of Representatives, where he served for four years before returning for a short time to the Virginia Legislature. Like his father, he served as Governor of Virginia.
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