What are some facts about john tyler?

Answer 1

1. Tyler had the most children out of any president (15)

2. Tyler was an excellent violinist

3. He loved to dance and had a ballroom in his house

4. He was the first president whose wife died in office but he soon found a young wife. She was 24 and he was 54.

5 His hobby was fox hunting

6. His ancestry was English.

7. He died while serving in the Confederate Congress

8. His house was 100 yards long

9. He was the first man to become president without being elected as President. Some Congressmen thought he was only the acting president. They did not want him to move into the White House and he was not at first allowed any money for state entertaining.

10. He shocked his Whig party by vetoing the banking bill which was the long-standing goal of the party. All but one of his cabinet resigned in protest and he was expelled from the party. Needless to say he was not nominated for a second term.

Answer 2

He was 10th President of the United States, VP under William Henry Harrison. He was also governor and senator from Virginia. As a lifelong politician he sided with the south and encouraged Virginia to secede from the Union during the civil war.