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John Tyler

1790 - 1862

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John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth president of the United States, serving from 1841 to 1845, after briefly holding office as the tenth vice president in 1841. He was elected vice president on the 1840 Whig ticket with President William Henry Harrison, succeeding to the presidency following Harrison's death 31 days after assuming office. Tyler was a stalwart supporter and advocate of states' rights, including regarding slavery, and he adopted nationalistic policies as president only when they did not infringe on the states' powers. His unexpected rise to the presidency posed a threat to the presidential ambitions of Henry Clay and other Whig politicians and left Tyler estranged from both of the nation's major political parties at the time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Tyler is the 1,496th most popular politician (up from 1,585th in 2019), the 502nd most popular biography from United States (down from 473rd in 2019) and the 72nd most popular American Politician.

John Tyler was the 10th president of the United States. He is most famous for being the first Vice President to become President after the death of a sitting President.

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Among politicians, John Tyler ranks 1,496 out of 19,576. Before him are Galeazzo Ciano, Amyntas IV of Macedon, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Ashur-uballit II, Valdemar I of Denmark, and Ptolemy Keraunos. After him are Cambyses I, Agrippina the Elder, Makarios III, Mohammed Shahabuddin, John IV of Portugal, and Eleftherios Venizelos.

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Among people born in 1790, John Tyler ranks 5. Before him are Jean-François Champollion, Leopold I of Belgium, August Ferdinand Möbius, and Alphonse de Lamartine. After him are Sunjo of Joseon, George Everest, Jules Dumont d'Urville, John Frederic Daniell, William Parry, Nicolas Chauvin, and Gideon Mantell. Among people deceased in 1862, John Tyler ranks 5. Before him are Martin Van Buren, Bahadur Shah Zafar, Henry David Thoreau, and Samuel Colt. After him are Jean-Baptiste Biot, Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Fromental Halévy, Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, Božena Němcová, James Clark Ross, and Princess Maria Antonia Koháry.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Tyler ranks 502 out of 20,380. Before him are Edward Adelbert Doisy (1893), Cliff Burton (1962), Rutherford B. Hayes (1822), Fred Astaire (1899), Eddie Fisher (1928), and James Fenimore Cooper (1789). After him are Miles Davis (1926), Theodore William Richards (1868), Gene Kelly (1912), William Howard Stein (1911), Billie Holiday (1915), and Jack Kerouac (1922).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Tyler ranks 72. Before him are Lou Henry Hoover (1874), Bill Nelson (1942), Millard Fillmore (1800), Edith Wilson (1872), Jefferson Davis (1808), and Rutherford B. Hayes (1822). After him are Jim Mattis (1950), Frances Cleveland (1864), Pontiac (1714), Dick Cheney (1941), Tim Walz (1964), and Chester A. Arthur (1829).

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