20 moments

1. Birth at Greenway

   1790-03-29 · Greenway Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia, United States

   

   Tyler was born at his family's Greenway plantation in Charles City County, Virginia.

2. Entered preparatory school

   1802-01-01 · College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States

   

   At age twelve, Tyler entered the preparatory department of the College of William and Mary.

3. Legal practice in Richmond

   1809-01-01 · Richmond, Virginia, United States

   

   After admission to the Virginia bar, Tyler began practicing law in the state capital. The source places the start of his Richmond practice after his admission to the bar at age nineteen; the year is consequently qualified by chronology rather than an explicitly dated sentence.

4. Residence at Woodburn

   1813-01-01 · Woodburn Plantation area, Charles City County, Virginia, United States

   Following his father's death, Tyler purchased Woodburn plantation and made it his home through 1821. Woodburn's precise surviving site is not established here; coordinates are a representative point in Charles City County near Tyler's documented plantations.

5. Sworn into the Fourteenth Congress

   1816-12-17 · United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., United States

   

   Tyler began his service in the U.S. House of Representatives after being sworn into the Fourteenth Congress. The quoted swearing-in establishes his attendance in Congress; the coordinate is the institutional venue of Congress.

6. Virginia Constitutional Convention

   1829-10-01 · Virginia State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia, United States

   

   Tyler served as a delegate at the Virginia Constitutional Convention, which met in Richmond from October 1829 into January 1830. The convention's documented meeting span is October 5, 1829, to January 15, 1830; month precision is used for this card.

7. Whig National Convention

   1839-01-01 · Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States

   

   Tyler attended the Whig National Convention with the Virginia delegation during selection of the 1840 ticket. The cited passage identifies the convention as the 1839 Whig National Convention in Harrisburg; no more precise attendance date is given.

8. Campaign speech at Columbus convention

   1840-01-01 · Columbus, Ohio, United States

   

   During the Harrison-Tyler campaign, Tyler traveled from Williamsburg to Columbus and addressed a local convention. The account dates the journey to the 1840 general-election campaign but does not provide a day or month.

9. Moved into the White House

   1841-04-01 · White House, Washington, D.C., United States

   

   Following his accession, Tyler moved into the White House and exercised the full powers of the presidency. The move followed his April 6, 1841 presidential oath; month precision is retained.

10. Departure from Williamsburg after Harrison's death

    1841-04-05 · Williamsburg, Virginia, United States

    

    While at his Williamsburg home, Tyler received official news of President William Henry Harrison's death and departed for Washington. The preceding sentence dates notification at Tyler's Williamsburg home to dawn on April 5, 1841.

11. Arrival in Washington for presidential succession

    1841-04-06 · Washington, D.C., United States

    

    Tyler arrived in Washington the morning after leaving Williamsburg to assume the presidency after Harrison's death. The source establishes that the arrival followed an April 5 departure, supporting April 6, 1841.

12. Presidential oath in hotel room

    1841-04-06 · Washington, D.C., United States

    

    After arriving in Washington, Tyler was sworn in as president in his hotel room, asserting full presidential succession. The hotel is not named in the cited passage; city coordinates are used.

13. Bunker Hill Monument dedication

    1843-06-17 · Bunker Hill Monument, Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    

    President Tyler attended the national dedication ceremony for the Bunker Hill Monument, at which Daniel Webster spoke.

14. USS Princeton demonstration cruise

    1844-02-28 · Potomac River, Virginia, United States

    

    Tyler was aboard USS Princeton for its demonstration cruise down the Potomac River, during which the Peacemaker gun later exploded. Coordinates are a representative point on the documented Potomac River voyage; the cited passage does not specify Tyler's exact position on the river.

15. Marriage to Julia Gardiner

    1844-06-26 · New York City, New York, United States

    

    Tyler married Julia Gardiner in New York City during his presidency. City coordinates are used because the cited biographical source does not identify the church or other venue.

16. Retirement to Sherwood Forest

    1845-01-01 · Sherwood Forest Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia, United States

    

    After his presidency, Tyler and Julia Tyler moved to Sherwood Forest in Charles City County, which became his principal home. The move followed the end of Tyler's presidency in March 1845; the source gives no more precise date.

17. Resident at Sherwood Forest

    1850-01-01 · Sherwood Forest Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia, United States

    

    Sherwood Forest remained Tyler's family residence during the 1850s, a period in which he continued to follow public affairs from Charles City County. The source documents continuous residence spanning 1850; the card uses year precision to represent that sustained presence.

18. Presided over Peace Conference

    1861-02-04 · Washington, D.C., United States

    

    Tyler headed the Peace Conference in Washington, an unsuccessful effort to avert civil war. The linked event article identifies the conference as convening on February 4, 1861, at the Willard Hotel; city coordinates are used.

19. Virginia Secession Convention

    1861-04-17 · Virginia State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia, United States

    

    As a Virginia convention delegate, Tyler voted for the ordinance of secession after the convention's earlier rejection of secession. Tyler's vote occurred in the Virginia Convention; its April 17 session was held in Richmond. The convention relocated to the State Capitol on April 8.

20. Death at Ballard House

    1862-01-18 · Ballard House hotel, Richmond, Virginia, United States

    

    Tyler died before taking his elected seat in the Confederate House of Representatives. The Ballard House's exact historic site coordinate is not supplied by the source; coordinates represent central Richmond.