Tyler Tidbits: As In President John Tyler

Last month I wrote about President John Tyler having two living grandchildren even though he goes back some 220 years. Some more information on John Tyler:

*Supported South's secession efforts. Shortly before his death was actually elected to the Confederate House of Representatives.

*Because of his Confederate ties, he was the only president ever not to receive an official mourning period from the federal government when he died January 18, 1862.

*Became president in 1841, the year Canada became a country. the first filibuster in the U.S. Senate (took a month), and the city of Dallas, Texas founded.

*First president to become president through the vice president succession.

A Confederate U.S. President? --Cooter