John Tyler, President of the United States, 1841 — Born 29th Day of March 1790 huge map of Canada George Dewey

George Dewey

1843 — a Whig portrait engraving of the Albany lawyer and orator at mid-career in the House

reads less like reverence than like a republic arguing with itself

Joel Roberts Poinsett Secretary of War 1838 — a portrait of the South Carolinian diplomat-turned-cabinet-officer at the height of Van Buren's troubled administration

John Tyler, President of the United States, 1841 — Born 29th Day of March 1790 huge map of Canada George DeweyJohn Tyler, President of the United States, 1841 Born 29th Day of March 1790 rendered as a campaign era portrait of the Virginian who inherited the office on Harrison's death, the first accidental president testing whether the Constitution's succession clause would hold under Whig fury. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies,