The history and geography of Texas as told in county names . 220 The History and Geography of Texas a renomination, after his term of four years, and retired to hishome in Nashville, Tenn. He died and was buried there June15, 1849. TYLER. John Tyler was born at Greenway, near Charles City Court-house, Virginia, on the 29th day of March, 1790. He enteredthe grammar school of William and Mary College in 1803 and 1804 entered William and. m Mary College, from which hegraduated in 1807, and uponreaching his majority he waselected to the Legislature of Vir-ginia and served in that capacityfive year
The history and geography of Texas as told in county names . 220 The History and Geography of Texas a renomination, after his term of four years, and retired to hishome in Nashville, Tenn. He died and was buried there June15, 1849. TYLER. John Tyler was born at Greenway, near Charles City Court-house, Virginia, on the 29th day of March, 1790. He enteredthe grammar school of William and Mary College in 1803 and 1804 entered William and. m Mary College, from which hegraduated in 1807, and uponreaching his majority he waselected to the Legislature of Vir-ginia and served in that capacityfive years. In 1816 he waselected a member of the UnitedStates Congress and served twoterms. In 1823 he was againelected to the state legislatureand in 1825 was elected Gover-nor. In 1827 he was elected aSenator of the United States andre-elected in 1833. In 1835 he was again elected to the statelegislature and in 1840 was elected Vice President -on theticket with William Henry Harrison. By the death of PresidentHarrison he became President of the United States and qual-ified as such April 6, 1841. The party which elected him wascomposed of all the elements hostile to Van Buren. His ad-ministration was a stormy one, but its climax was the signingthe resolution for admitting Texas into the union of the close of his term he retired to his estate near Williams-burg, Va. In February, 1861, he was called from retirement,selected a
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