The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-16

two years later was admitted to the bar. He
entered the Virginia Legislature in 1911. There
he showed himself Affirm upholdor Of Madison's
Administration and during the debates on the
war with Great Britain he became con-
s%picuous as a forcible orator. In March,
1918, no married Lctitia, daughter OF
Robert Christian, and n few weeks afterward
was called into the field at the head of n COM
pany OF militia to take part In the defence Of
Richmond. then threatened by the British. Re-
elected annually to the Legislature until No
vembcr, 1916, he was then chosen TO I'LL n va
cancy in the United States House OF Representa-
tivcs, and was reelected to the Fifteenth and
Sixteenth Congresses. In 1921, his health being
impaired. he retired to private life. but two
years later he WINS again chosen to the Virginia
Legislature, where he supported tho candidacy
OF William II. Crawford for the Presidency. In
1924 he was a candidate to Ill a vacancy In the
United States Senate. but was defeated. The
noxt year he opposed tho attempt to
remove William and Mary College to richmond,
and was afterward mado. successfully, rector
and chancellor Of the college, which prospered
signally under his management. In December,
1925. he was chosen by the Legislature Gov.
ernor of Virginia, and, in the following year,
was reelected by a unanimous vote. In Decem-
Der, 1926. the friends Of Clay and Adams COM
binod with tho Democrats opposed to John Ran.
dolph, and elected Mr.. Tyler to the United
States Senate. In February, 1880, after taking
part in the Virginia Convention for revising tho
State Constitution, he returned to his
seat in the Senate, and, at first, found
himself drawn toward Jackson; indeed.
he supported jackson in the Presidential
election of 1882. He broke with the
jackson Administration. however. on the ques.
ton of the removal OF the deposits from the
United States Bank, and voted for Mr.. Clay's
resolution IN censurC tha President Io una
nominated by tho State Rights Wings for
Vlce-Prcsident in 1885, and at the election in
November. 1896, received AZ electoral votes.
No candidate having a majority of the electoral
votes, the Senate elected Richard NJ. johnson of
Kentucky. Not long before this election the
Legislature Of Virginia had instructed the
United States Senators from that State to vote
for expunging the resolution of censure upon
President Jackson. Mr.. Tyler refused to obey
the instructions and resigned his seat. On Jan.
10, 1888, he was chosen President of the Virginia
Colonization Society, and in the spring OF the
same year he was returned TO the Virginia Leg
~islature. In January. 1889. he was n candidate
for reelection 10 the United States Senate, but
the result was a deadlock and the question WAS
indefinitely postponed. On Dec. 4, 1889, the
Wing National Convention. held at Harrisburg,
Pa. nominated him for Vice President on the
ticket with William Henry Harrison. and at the
ensuing election he received 234 electoral votes
to 4s for Richard NJ. johnson. BY the death of
William Henry Harrison. Mr.. Tyler became
President OF the United States. Ii is noteworthy
that he did not take the oath OF Office
until two days after IIarrison's death. There
was, therefore, IN intcrrcgum OF forty-oight
hours. To the important events of Tylcr's Ad-
ministration VIC have previously referred. We
now add that. on May %, lsil, he was
nominated for President at a convention in
but. although at first he accepted the
nomination, he subsequently, withdrew his
name. On Juno 20. lSlI, Mr.. Tyler married
Miss Julia Gardiner OF New York, his first wife
having died Sept. 8, 1912. After leaving the
White House, no resided on his estate, Shcr-
wood Forest. near Grcenway, Va, on the bank
of the james River. He was President OF the
Peace Convention held at Washington. Feb. 4.
1861. A~fterward, AS a delegate to the Virginia
State Convention, he advocated the passage of
an ordinance OF secession. In May. 1861, he
was unanimously elected n member OF the Pro- !
visional Congress Of the Confederate States. In
the following autumn he was elected TO the per- |
manent Confederate Congress, hut died at Rich
mond, January, 1862, before taking his seat.