|Political Party:||Whig & Democratic|
|Education:||College of William and Mary|
|Born||March 29, 1790|
|Died||January 18, 1862 (aged 71)|
John Tyler was the 10th President of the United States. He was the first Vice President to succede to the Presidency following the death of William Henry Harrison. A life long Democratic-Republican, Tyler was nonetheless the VP nomination for the Whig Party. After becoming President, Tyler angered many Whigs like Henry Clay by vetoing practically all of their agenda.