John Tyler
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"John Tyler" was the List of Presidents of the United States/tenth President of the United States (1841–1845). He was elected vice president on the 1840 Whig Party (United States)/Whig ticket with William Henry Harrison, and became president after his running mate's death in April 1841. Tyler was known as a supporter of states' rights, which endeared him to his fellow Virginians, yet his acts as president showed that he was willing to support nationalist policies as long as they did not infringe on the rights of the states. Still, the circumstances of his unexpected rise to the presidency and his possible threat to the ambitions of other potential presidential candidates left him estranged from both major parties in Washington. A firm believer in manifest destiny, President Tyler sought to strengthen and preserve the Union through territorial expansion, most notably the annexation of the independent Republic of Texas in his last days in office.

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But many people around the state and even around the country are going to get to experience that for the next three years.

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So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations.

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This is an exciting day for the City of Tyler.

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Let it be henceforth proclaimed to the world that man's conscience was created free; that he is no longer accountable to his fellow man for his religious opinions, being responsible therefore only to his God.

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Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality.

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Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette—the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace.

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It was hard graft all the way and a good result in the end.

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