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PRESIDENT JOHN TYLER.

John Tyler VA. born about The year l737 in Charles
Cay county, Ns.-ihc same country IN which his
laeusIlIus ass lratc and o-patrot, HARRisos also
fist saw the light. He received, at William and
Mary s College, liberal education, and studied for
the profession OF law THIS profession however, he
lever entered upon, but Orsook his studies 10 become
planter. In TINS vocation he cOnlinu d. and has
ever devoted ms time except when II has been en-
gagged IN political lie and IN III discharge Of his pub
he duties. He was educated IN the political faith of
Jefferson, and IN carly life was the warm political
trend OF hIn and OF ms successor, Madison. During
The last war he actively engaged IN public life as The
Jealous supporter OF the latter, and early honor
cd with large snare Of his confidence and esteem
lie was first known to the public out OF his native
state by ms entrance INTO Congressional HE ,nc in
l-lD. Ia september Of that wear Mr. tlOptun, Il
member OF the HOUSE OF Rcpr, scnta'!ycs irom the
Rlchn,uGu District, died. after 4 service Of upwards
u twenty years. TINS was in the recess of Congress
between the first and second session. Mr.. Tyler was
elected To supply the vacancy ucCasiuncd hy his death
In the following spring he was rc-elected for two
years without opposition. In the spring of 1891 he
was again Reelected. In lo2l he declined a re- cleo
ton and his pacc.was supplied by the SINCE notorious
Anditw Stevenson.
Ia 1924, the seat Of Mr.. Taylor. in the L. s. Sem
ate becoming vacant by his death, Mr.. Tyler was
pressed, though unsucccssiuy, by his friends to
supply his place. Tlltoton W. Tazew,ll, since then
,oy.lnor Of Virginia, vas chosen. He had l3S votes,
Mr.. Tyler 50.
In December, 1925 IN election tool. place in the
Virginia Legislature, TO ill the vacancy in the I. =
nchNti occd>lOnci ny inc IeslInilun OF Hon. James
, i'albuor, who had been appointed by President Ad-
ans to the Secretaryship OF War. The elcctsn ex-
cslod considerable interest. Bat although the oppo-
nents Of Mr. Adams were large majority of the
Legislature, they failed 10 carry Mr. Giles their re.
gular cand late The nu,i-admini,raton party were
divided INTO friends and opponents ofnernal improve
nient The friends of Mr. Adams uniting with the
former, elected the celebrated John Randolph of
Roanoke 10 the Senate greatly To the disappointment
OF the Richmond Enquirer, who was earnest in favor
OF Mr.. Giles
MI, Randolph, however was hardly chosen, before
his eccentric pranks, which were even more marked
and eSecptonable than they had been when in the
House, produced such universal disgust that those
who had chosen him bitterly repeated OF their choice
He had been taken as a choice Of e,ts, and with a
view to defeat one particularly obnoxious and as il
was, |, was rather accident, than any thing anici-
pated. The votes originally : God, for Honry st.
George Tucker 65 Randolph 63, Giles SO, John
Floyd 40 Mr. Tucker was the half brother Of Mr.
Randolph, they beng sons of the SINE mother, aud
by his withdrawal secured the election of the latter
few days after Mr., Tyler was chosen by the
same Legislature Governor of Virginia, IN the place
OF Mr., Peasants, consttutonally inelribc The vote
was for Mr., Tylor l3p, for Mr. Foyed So
The defeat OF Hi. Giles producing some excitement,