John
Tyler10th President of the United States, 1841-1845
As President, Tyler soon became a man without a party. He had split from the Democratic Party to be William Henry Harrison's vice-presidential running mate. The Whig program clashed with many of his lifelong beliefs. He vetoed almost every important bill. Angry Whigs tried to impeach him, the first such move against a President. They failed, but the resulting friction destroyed the Whig program. The Whig Party dumped him from its ticket in 1844, making him the only sitting President to not receive his party's nomination for re-election (of those Presidents who actively sought re-election).
| His Vice-President and Cabinet | |
| Vice-President | none |
| Secretary of State | Daniel
Webster Abel P. Upshur (1843) John C. Calhoun (1844) |
| Secretary of the Treasury | Thomas Ewing Walter Forward (1841) John C. Spencer (1843) George M. Bibb (1844) |
| Secretary of War | John Bell John C. Spencer (1841) James M. Porter (1843) William Wilkins (1844) |
| Attorney General | John J. Crittenden Hugh S. Legaré (1841) John Nelson (1843) |
| Postmaster General | Francis Granger Charles A. Wickliffe (1841) |
| Secretary of the Navy | George Edmund Badger Abel P. Upshur (1841) David Henshaw (1843) Thomas W. Gilmer (1844) John Y. Mason (1844) |
| U.S. Events During His Administration | |
| States
Admitted Florida
(1845) Population in 1845 20,200,000 |
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| 1841 | The Oregon Trail was blazed. |
| 1841 | The entire Cabinet, with the exception of Daniel Webster, resigned. |
| 1841 | The Pre-Emption Act was passed by Congress. |
| 1842-1844 | Kit Carson and John C. Frémont explored vast parts of the West. |
| 1842 | The Seminole War in Florida came to an end. |
| 1842 | The Webster-Ashburton Treaty settled the boundary between Maine and Canada. |
| January 10, 1843 | Whig leaders introduced impeachment resolutions in the House of Representatives. |
| 1844 | Samuel F.B. Morse successfully demonstrated his telegraph before members of Congress. |
| March 1, 1845 | Texas was annexed into the United States. |
| World Events During His Administration | |
| 1841-1842 | China opened its ports to world trade. |
| 1843 | The Hudson's Bay Company founded Fort Victoria in Canada. |
| 1844 | Gustave E. Pasch of Sweden invented the safety match. |
| 1844 | The YMCA was organized in London. |
Presidents of the United States. The Internet Public Library. www.ipl.org/div/potus/jtyler.html
The American President. www.americanpresident.org/history/johntyler/
The White House. www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jt10.html
William Henry Harrison
Daniel Webster
Florida
Kit Carson
Texas
Hudson's Bay Company