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1 day ago · John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was an American politician who served as the tenth president of the United States 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 ...
- William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841)...
- Harrison Ruffin Tyler
Harrison Ruffin Tyler (born November 9, 1928) is an American...
- Lyon Gardiner Tyler
Lyon Gardiner Tyler Sr. (August 24, 1853 – February 12,...
- James K. Polk
James Knox Polk (/ p oʊ k /; November 2, 1795 – June 15,...
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- John Alexander Tyler
Still in Germany in 1870 at the outbreak of the...
- Tippecanoe and Tyler Too
A score of the song as published by G. E. Blake of...
- John Tyler Sr
John Tyler Sr. (February 28, 1747 – January 6, 1813) was an...
- Letitia Christian Tyler
Letitia Tyler (née Christian; November 12, 1790 – September...
- William Henry Harrison
4 days ago · Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, toward the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army. He led the Army of Northern Virginia —the Confederacy's most powerful army—from 1862 until its surrender in 1865, earning a ...
- 1829–1861 (U.S.), 1861–1865 (C.S.)
May 3, 2024 · Tyler was born on March 29, 1790, at Greenway, his family’s plantation in Charles City County. His father, John Tyler, had been Speaker of the House of Delegates during the 1780s and a member of the Convention of 1788. His mother, Mary Armistead Tyler, died of a stroke when he was seven years old. Five years later Tyler entered the ...
20 hours ago · On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Shot in the head as he watched the play, Lincoln died of his wounds the following day at 7:22 am in the Petersen House opposite the theater.
- April 14, 1865; 158 years ago, 10:15 pm
- Philadelphia Deringer pistol, dagger
- Abraham Lincoln (died April 15, 1865, at 7:22 am from his injuries)
May 14, 2024 · The Alabama Legislature no longer meets there, having moved to the Alabama State House nearby. The Capitol contains the governor’s office and functions as a museum. 12 The First White House of the Confederacy was relocated in the early 20th century from its original site in downtown Montgomery to its current location across the street from ...
May 3, 2024 · SUMMARY. Elizabeth Van Lew was a Richmond Unionist and abolitionist who spied for the United States government during the American Civil War (1861–1865). Leading a network of a dozen or so white and African American women and men, she relayed information on Confederate operations to Union generals and assisted in the care and sometimes escape ...
4 days ago · First White House of the Confederacy The First White House of the Confederacy, the executive residence of President Jefferson Davis during the Civil War, is open for public tours. Fitzgerald Museum
