John Tyler was born in 1790. In 1861 when he was only 21 he was elected to Virginia legislature and after that he became governor of Virginia. He did that just like his dad did. Tyler was second hand man for President William Henry Harrison. When the victorious Harrison died a month after his inauguration, and Tyler succeeded him, Clay assumed that the new president would cooperate in passing legislation favored by the Whigs. He and the Whig leadership were therefore infuriated when Tyler vetoed two successive Whig-sponsored bills that would have allowed a national bank to open branches in the states without state consent. Because he was the first person to occupy the presidency without having been elected to the office, they began to refer
John Hancock was born on January 12, 1737 in Braintree, Massachusetts. He was orphaned as a child and then was adopted by a wealthy merchant uncle who was childless. Hancock went to Harvard College for a business education. He graduated Harvard College at the age of 17. He apprenticed to his uncle as a clerk and proved to be honest and capable that in 1760, he was sent on a business mission to England. In England, he witnessed the coronation of King George III and engaged some of the leading businessmen of London.
John C. Calhoun was born March 18, 1782.When he got older he received an education early in life. He was noticing intellectual abilities. He continued his interest in military affairs. His career began in 1808 and he was elected to the South Carolina State Legislature and in 1810 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives. Then, he resigned from the House of Representatives. He was also began Vice president in 1824 .In the election of 1824, Calhoun ran for president but did not win. John C. Calhoun served as our nation's seventh vice president. Calhoun resigned from being the vice president. In 1832 and he was elected to the U.S Senate, representing the state of South Carolina. He also joined Henry Clay during the nullification
A. President Van Buren didn’t receive much education as a child. His parents were Dutch and spoke fluent Dutch. His father, Abraham, owned a tavern. In the tavern, Van Buren spent much of his childhood observing, studying, and listening to the political arguments there, giving him some experience. His formal education ended at the age of 14.
James Knox Polk was born in Pennsville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and November 2, 1795. He graduated with a law degree from North Carolina University, he left his law degree behind, and served in the Tennessee legislature, where he met Andrew Jackson and became friends with him. Polk moved from the Tennessee legislature to the United States House of Representative he served from 1825 to 1839, also served as speaker of the House from 1835 to 1839. He left his congressional post to become governor of Tennessee.
Since Zachary Taylor won the war, he was seen as a hero to the Americans. Whig politicians saw him as a possible presidential candidate. Even though he was not interested in politics, Taylor gained nomination on the fourth ballot. However, he made it clear that he was not going to agree with all the beliefs of the Whigs. His views dealing with tariffs, banking, and internal improvements were different from the Whigs. As a candidate, he managed to defeat the Democratic candidate, Lewis Cass, winning the Electoral vote 163 to 127.
Henry Clay, Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was an American lawyer and planter, statesman, and skilled orator who represented Kentucky in both the United States Senate and House of Representatives. He served three non-consecutive terms as Speaker of the House of Representatives and served as Secretary of State under President John Quincy Adams from 1825 to 1829. Clay ran for the president in 1824, 1832 and 1844, while also seeking his party's nomination in 1840 and 1848. However, he was unsuccessful in all of his attempts to reachthe presidency. Despite his presidential losses, Clay remained a dominant figure in the Whig Party, which he helped found in the 1830s. A leading war hawk, Speaker Clay favored war with Britain and played a significant
John Tyler was a President born on March 29, 1790. He was born in Charles City County, Virginia. Like his father, Tyler was a governor in Virginia. Representing the Whig Party, James Knox Polk was a very important president who was born in North Carolina in 1795 and went on to become the 11th and youngest president in the United States. Polk was the last strong president before Lincoln. John Tyler and James K Polk became two of the most important presidents in America History.
Alexander Hamilton. A soldier, constitutionalist, reformer and much more. Alexander Hamilton was said to have played a part in virtually every major event that created America. During his time on earth Hamilton had many great accomplishments.Hamilton worked many different jobs but never left the to another until the original was finished. This proved to show that he was an earnest hard working man. He filled many different occupancies and left behind a legacy that no one should forget.
James Monroe’s early years were very interesting. He was born on April 28, 1758 in Westmore County, Virginia. When James turned eleven, he went to Camplellten Academy. His father died when James was 16 years old. That same year, he transferred to The Collage of William and Mary. Next, he joined the anti-federalists as a young politician. Monroe fought under General George Washington and studied law with Thomas Jefferson.
John Hancock was born January 23, 1737 (according to the Julian calendar that was in use around that time, the date was January 12, 1736) in Braintree, Massachusetts. Hancock was the son of Reverend John Hancock of Braintree, Massachusetts and Mary Hawke Thaxter. After his
James K. Polk was born in 1795 on November 2nd in a log cabin in Mecklenberg, North Carolina. Polk was the oldest of ten children in his family, and his family moved to Tennessee when he was young. James K. Polk was often sick when he was a child, and when Polk was in his teenage years, he survived a major urinary stones operation. Nevertheless, Polk still pursued to further his education. After graduating the University of North Carolina in 1818, he studied law under a Nashville attorney. He even opened a law practice in Columbia in 1820; eventually, Polk entered politics in 1823 when he was elected into the Tennessee House of Representatives. In the House of Representatives, James K. Polk was a chief lieutenant of Andrew Jackson in his Bank war. Polk also served as Speaker between 1835 and 1839, leaving to become the Governor of
President Andrew Jackson is known as Old Hickory, was born in 1776. At age 13 he joined the South Carolina Militia to fight the British during the American Revolution. He was captured by the British and became a prisoner-of-war. As a young man, he worked as a lawyer in Tennessee. In the war of 1812, Jackson served as a Major General, leading the fight against the British in New Orleans. In 1828, he was elected President, and in an earlier address to congress he suggested eliminating the electoral
Andrew Jackson was born in 1767, and grew up in the border of North and South Carolina. He attended frontier schools and acquired the reputation of being fiery-tempered and willing to fight all comers. He also learned to read, and he was often called on by the community to read aloud the news from the Philadelphia papers.
John Locke was born on August 29, 1632, into a middle class family during late Renaissance England. Locke started his studies at Christ Church in Oxford. He then went into medical studies and received a medical license, which he practiced under Anthony Cooper. They became friends, and when Cooper became Earl of Shaftesbury, Locke was able to hold minor government jobs and became involved in politics. Shaftesbury steered Locke towards the views of a government whose law was fair to all, and all were under the law.
branch, those who opposed him referred to him as King Andrew, and the party got their name since Whigs were usually associated with opposing the King. The Democrats argued that the policies of the Whigs only benefited the upper class of people and imposed on states' rights (www.encyclopedia.com). The Whigs lost to the Democrats that year, but in 1840 they succeeded in getting William Henry Harrison elected President. In 1844 the Whig candidate, Henry Clay, lost to James Polk, but in the next election Zachary Taylor won for the Whigs. The Whigs usually nominated a military hero as their candidate in order to gain support. The Whigs supported a protective tariff, the creation of a new Bank of the United States, using the money from land sales to help states with internal improvements, and were