5 Things Everyone Should Know about John Tyler
  • He was twice a Vice-presidential candidate, in 1836 and 1840.
  • He had 15 children, the most of any President.
  • While in the White House, he had an Italian greyhound named Le Beau.
  • He considered himself an outlaw because he was alienated from both major political parties, so he named his homestead Sherwood Forest, after the home of the legendary English outlaw Robin Hood.
  • He studied law under Edmund Randolph, America's first Attorney General.
John Tyler Biography

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