Full Name: John Tyler, Profession: American politician, lawyer, planter, and statesman; 10th president of the United States, former vice president, governor of Virginia, U.S. senator, and U.S. representative. Nationality: American Born: March 29, 1790 Birthplace: Greenway Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia, United States Generation: Early 19th-century American political generation emerging from the Early American Republic era Chinese Zodiac: Dog Zodiac Sign: Aries Age in 2026: 236 (hypothetical, if living, based on his 1790 birth year) Marital Status: Married twice (first to Letitia Christian from 1813 until her death in 1842; second to Julia Gardiner from 1844 until his death in 1862) Children: 15 biological children, the highest number of children fathered by any U.S. president Description: Influential but controversial American president who assumed office in 1841 upon the death of William Henry Harrison and established the precedent that a vice president fully succeeds to the presidency; frequently clashed with both Whig and Democratic leaders over policies such as the national bank and tariff legislation; was expelled from the Whig Party and governed largely as an independent; championed states’ rights and expansionism, including the annexation of Texas; and in his later years broke with the Union to support Southern secession, being elected to the Confederate House of Representatives and remembered by many contemporaries as a statesman who ultimately sided with the Confederacy against the United States. Cause of Death: Stroke in Richmond, Virginia, on January 18, 1862, at age 71