历届美国总统简介：约翰·泰勒（在线收听）

约翰·泰勒（James Tyler 1790年3月29日[庚戌年]-1862年1月18日[壬戌年]），美国第十任总统，辉格党人，是第一个因在任总统逝世而以副总统继任为总统的人。在他的坚持下，副总统得在继任总统之后取得和总统一样的地位。约翰·泰勒1841年就任副总统，一个月后继任总统，迅速巩固了手中的权力。在任期间，改组美国海军；建立美国气象局；结束了佛罗里达州的第二次塞诺米尔战争。1861年初，主持华盛顿和平会议以调解南北方分歧。南北战争爆发后，加入美利坚联盟国的议会，1862年逝世。

John Tyler was the tenth President of the United States, serving between 1841 and 1845. He was dubbed "His Accidency" by his opponents because he was the first Vice-President to be elevated to the office of President by the death of his predecessor. Tyler was born in Virginia in 1790 on his father’s plantation. He studied law and was admitted to the bar at the age of 19, against bar regulations.

Tyler started his political career at an early age. At the age of 21, he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, where he served five successive one-year terms. He then went on to sit in the House of Representatives from 1816 to 1821. Tyler voted against most nationalist legislation. As a Senator he reluctantly supported Jackson for President as a choice between several evils.

The Whigs nominated Tyler for Vice President in 1840, hoping for support from southern states. Suddenly, incumbent President Harrison was dead after just 30 days in office and Tyler was in the White House. He insisted upon assuming the full powers of a duly elected President and even delivered an Inaugural Address. He was to have a troubled time as president.

Tyler’s cabinet resigned over his economic policy. They expelled him from his own party and sent him hundreds of letters threatening to assassinate him. The House of Representatives initiated the first impeachment proceedings against a president in U.S. history. It failed. He did succeed in keeping his promise to annex the Republic of Texas, which became the 28th state in 1845. Tyler died in 1862, aged 71.