U.S. Presidents & First Ladies
John Tyler
John Tyler, born in 1790 in Virginia, rose from lawyer and plantation owner to become a U.S. Representative and Senator. He became the 10th president after William Henry Harrison’s death in 1841. This note to Secretary of State Daniel Webster was from his term. Though elected as vice president on the Whig ticket, Tyler governed independently, vetoing major Whig legislation and asserting presidential authority. He threatened to run again in 1844 to force Texas’s annexation but did not. Tyler re-emerged in 1861 to try to preserve the Union but ultimately supported the Confederacy before his death in 1862.
January 4, 1842
Secretary of State Daniel Webster
No man can stand better than me than Mr. Simpson. I would gladly provide for him and Dr. McKelway. They are both true friends of ours. When does the District Attorneyship expire and what if Simpson took that and McKelway the Marshallship?
J. Tyler
