John Tyler

John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth President of the United States (1841–45). He was elected vice president on the 1840 Whig ticket with William Henry Harrison, and became president after his running mate's death in April 1841. Tyler was known as a supporter of states' rights, which endeared him to his fellow Virginians, yet his acts as president showed that he was willing to support nationalist policies as long as they did not infringe on the rights of the states. Still, the circumstances of his unexpected rise to the presidency and his possible threat to the ambitions of other potential presidential candidates left him estranged from both major parties in Washington. A firm believer in manifest destiny, President Tyler sought to strengthen and preserve the Union through territorial expansion, most notably the annexation of the independent Republic of Texas in his last days in office.

Tyler, born to an aristocratic Virginia family, came to national prominence at a time of political upheaval. In the 1820s the nation's only political party, the Democratic-Republicans, split into factions. Though initially a Democrat, his opposition to Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren led him to ally with the Whig Party. Tyler served as a Virginia state legislator, governor, U.S. representative, and U.S. senator before his election as vice president in the presidential election of 1840. He was put on the ticket to attract states' rights Southerners to what was then a Whig coalition to defeat Van Buren's re-election bid.

John Tyler (bishop)

John Tyler, DD (1640–1724) was a Dean of Hereford and a Bishop of Llandaff.

Tyler was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. He held incumbencies at Shobdon, Litton Cheney and Brinsop. He was a Chaplain to William and Mary. He died on 8 July 1724.

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John Tyler (doctor)

John Tyler (29 June 1763 - 15 October 1841) was an American ophthalmologist. He is believed to be one of the first doctors in the United States to perform cataract surgery.

Early life

John Tyler was born in Prince George's County, Maryland on 29 June 1763 to Samuel and Susanna (DuVal) Tyler.

Career

He began his study of medicine under Dr. Smith of Georgetown, later becoming a student at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, from which he received his diploma. While in London, he studied under Dr. Abernethy. He began practicing in Frederick, Maryland in 1786. He was one of the first oculists in the United States, as well as one of the earliest doctors to perform cataract surgery.Couching had been performed in the United States since the 1760s, and Tyler was regionally well-known for his skill at that procedure.

He was a founding member of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland, and was also a member of the Masonic lodge of Frederick.

He was an officer during the Whiskey Rebellion. He served as a Maryland state senator for Frederick County in 1804, and was an elector of Thomas Jefferson.

John Tyler (disambiguation)

John Tyler (1790–1862) was the 10th President of the United States (1841–1845).

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