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5 Things Everyone Should Know about John Tyler
- He
was twice a Vice-presidential candidate, in 1836 and 1840.
- He had 15 children, the most of any President.
- While in the White House, he had an Italian greyhound named Le Beau.
- He considered himself an outlaw because he was alienated from both major political parties, so he named his homestead Sherwood Forest, after the home of the legendary English outlaw Robin Hood.
- He studied law under Edmund Randolph, America's first Attorney General.
John Tyler Biography
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