General Information:
Major "Events" of his Presidency:
- John Tyler had been the tenth President of the nation with no Vice President for his only term.
- Term as President lasted from 1841 to 1845.
- Served as a state legislator, governor, U.S. representative, and U.S. senator.
Major "Events" of his Presidency:
- The resignation of Tyler's cabinet after Tyler vetoes a second bill for the establishment of a Nation Bank of the United States.
- Tyler signs the Webster-Ashburton Treaty which settles the border dispute between the United States and Britain over the issues with the Maine-Brunswick border.
- In the case of Commonwealth v. Hunt, the Supreme Court establishes the legality of labor unions.
- The first telegraph line is completed between Washington D.C. and Baltimore.
- The Texas Annexation Treaty is signed by the United States and the Republic of Texas, but fails to gain the required two-thirds majority in the Senate.