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Medal Name: Tenth President of the United States of America
Struck for: President John Tyler
OBVERSE
JOHN TYLER, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1841.
Bust of President Tyler, facing the left.
REVERSE
PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP.
Two hands clasped in token of amity; on the cuff of the left wrist three stripes, and buttons with the American eagle on them; the other wrist bare;
above the hands, a calumet and tomahawk crossed - Indian emblems of peace and war.
BACKGROUND
John Tyler was born in Charles City County, Virginia, March 29, 1790. He was graduated at William and Mary College, Virginia, 1807; and was admitted to the bar, 1809. He was a member of the State Legislature, 1811-1816; member of Congress, 1816-1821; member of the State Legislature, 1823-1825; governor of Virginia, 1825-1827; United States senator, 1827-1836; vice-president of the United States, March 4, 1841, and President, on the death of General Harrison (April 4), 1841-1845. He took part with the South during the Civil War, and was a member ofthe Confederate Congress. He died in Richmond, January 17, 1862.
Source: The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by J. F. Loubat, LL.D. (1878)