John Tyler (A Life)

Greenway plantation, in Virginia's where the blessed Mrs. Tyler gave birth

To John on March 29, 1790, on this great and glorious Earth

Sickly John was tutored till at 12, he entered William and Mary in VA

In 1807 when he graduated, spent two years learning law his father's way

He passed the bar and opened his own practice as a Richmond attorney at law

At 21, became a rep in the state legislature, and liked what he saw

In '13, he wed Letitia, had eight children, till, in '42, she died

Two years later, he remarried, had seven children more, Julia, his bride

Now, he was elected the governor of Virginia in 1825

In '27, John became a US senator with his strong pro-state's rights drive

In '36, a Senate vote challenged his beliefs, so John resigned and retired