John Tyler

AKA:

President John Tyler

Birth Name:

John Tyler

Birth Date:

March 29, 1790

Birth Place:

Greenway Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia

Death Date:

January 18, 1862

Place of Death:

Ballard House, Richmond, Virginia

Age:

Cause of Death:

Stroke

Cemetery Name:

Hollywood Cemetery

Claim to Fame:

Historical Figure

John Tyler was the tenth president of the United States, serving from 1841 to 1845 after briefly holding office as the tenth vice president in 1841. As vice president, John Tyler set the example for a seamless and immediate succession of presidential power when an incumbent president dies. He is known for being the first president to serve without being elected to office, and served nearly an entire term of four years after President William Henry Harrison died just 32 days after taking office. Tyler demonstrated how a president who was willing to use the veto could block Congress. He vetoed a bill resurrecting the Bank of the United States (which Jackson had dismantled).

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Hollywood Cemetery

412 South Cherry Street

Richmond, Virginia, 23220

United States

North America

Map:

map of Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia

Grave Location:

President’s Circle, Section Mount, Plot 4/5

Grave Location Description

As you enter the cemetery turn left and follow the blue line on Eastvale Avenue. Stay to the left as it turns into Westvale Avenue and continue along until you come to Morton Avenue. Turn right on Morton Avenue and then right again on Monroe Avenue and then look for the single car parking spot for the President’s Circle. Walk down the path and you will find both John Tyler and James Monroe in the small circle of gravesites.