John Tyler Sr. (February 28, 1747 – January 6, 1813) was an American lawyer, planter, politician and judge who served in the Virginia House of Delegates and became 15th Governor of Virginia and later United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Virginia. He was the father of U.S. President John Tyler.
John Tyler
Born 1747 in York County, VA
Died 1813 in Charles City County, VA
FJC ID: 2429
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- General Court of VirginiaJudge · 1788–present
- VirginiaGovernor · 1808–1811
- VirginiaState delegate · 1777–1788
- ↳speaker · 1781–1784
- Virginia High Court of AdmiraltyJudge · 1776–1788
- convention to ratify the U.S. ConstitutionVice-president · 1788
- Virginia Council of StateMember · 1780–1781
- Continental Army1775
- Charles City County, VirginiaPlanter and private practice
Appointments
- U.S. District Court for the District of Virginia1811–1813 · Appointed by James Madison (Jeffersonian Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Read law
- College of William and Mary