John Tyler was the 10th president of the U.S., and the first vice president to ascend to the presidency. He took office in 1841 after William Henry Harrison died just a month into his term.

Harrison Ruffin Tyler, whose family connections to early America were separated by just two generations as grandson of President John Tyler, who served in the 1840s and was born in 1790 during ...

John Tyler was the 10th president of the U.S., and the first vice president to ascend to the presidency. He took office in 1841 after William Henry Harrison died just a month into his term.

The last living grandson of President John Tyler — who left the White House in 1845 — has died. Harrison Ruffin Tyler died Sunday at 96, according to Annique Dunning, executive director of Sherwood ...