John Tyler 
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2/7/2021
Not the First Mob Attack on the Government in D.C.
by Stan M. Haynes
An angry mob threatened John Tyler and his family in the White House and burnt him in effigy on the grounds after he vetoed the Whig Party's bill for a second Bank of the United States in 1841, leading Congress to authorize a night police patrol for the District of Columbia.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
11/29/2020
The 10th President’s Last Surviving Grandson: A Bridge to the Nation’s Complicated Past
by Gillian Brockell
Harrison Ruffin Tyler, at age 91, is a rare example of a person whose life and family history connect the present to the era of the early republic in two generations.
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SOURCE: New York Times
10/7/2020
Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr., Grandson of the 10th President, Dies at 95
He and his brother, grandsons of John Tyler, were the third of three generations that remarkably spanned almost the entire history of the American experience.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
9/23/19
‘He lies like a dog’: The first effort to impeach a president was led by his own party
Long before President Donald Trump, there was President John Tyler.
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
3-16-18
Collusion: A presidential tradition
by Stephen F. Knott
John Tyler colluded with a foreign power — to avert a looming war.
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SOURCE: CBS News
3-6-18
How two of President John Tyler's grandsons are still alive, 174 years later
Harrison Ruffin Tyler, 89, is one of two living grandsons of President John Tyler, who was born in 1790, one year after George Washington was sworn in as president.
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7-30-17
These Two Presidents Also Had Bad Starts
by Ronald L. Feinman
One was almost impeached, the other was impeached. Both are regarded as failures.
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4-23-17
Who Else Is Trump Like?
by Ronald L. Feinman
Presidents John Tyler and Andrew Johnson, two previous presidents who faced impeachment.
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3-5-17
John Tyler’s Been Demoted in C-SPAN’s Latest Presidential Poll. Why This Is Unjust.
by Walter R. Borneman
He came in as #39. Here’s why he deserves better.
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