Автор:John Tyler Год: 2007 Издание:Книга по Требованию Страниц: 84 ISBN: 9781406568004 John Tyler, Jr. (1790-1862) was the tenth President of the United States. He served as a captain of a volunteer military company in 1813 and was later a member of the council of state in 1816. He was drawn into the newlyorganized Whig Party, and was elected Vice President in 1840. Tyler's Presidency was rarely taken seriously in his time. He was usually referred to as the "Acting President" or "His Accidency" by opponents. Further, Tyler quickly found himself at odds with his former political supporters. Tyler had long been an advocate of states' rights, believing that the question of a state's "free" or "slave" status ought to be decided at the state level, with no input from federal government. After his presidential career Tyler became a delegate to and president of the peace convention held in Washington, D.C. as an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war. Throughout Tyler's life, he suffered from poor health. Frequent colds occurred every winter as he aged till he...
