John Tyler

Personal

Birthday: 
2/28/1747
Birthplace: 
York County, VA
Date of Death: 
1/6/1813
Place of Death: 
Charles City County, VA
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Planter and private practice, Charles City County, Virginia
Continental Army, 1775
State delegate, Virginia, 1777-1788; speaker, 1781-1784
Judge, Virginia High Court of Admiralty, 1776-1788
Member, Virginia Council of State, 1780-1781
Vice-president, convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution, 1788
Judge, General Court of Virginia, 1788-
Governor, Virginia, 1808-1811

Education

Name of School: 
College of William and Mary
Name of School - Second: 
Read law

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, District of Virginia
President Nominating: 
James Madison
Party Affiliation of President: 
Jeffersonian Republican
Commission Date: 
01/07/1811
Termination Date: 
01/06/1813
Termination Reason: 
Death