John Tyler was the tenth president of the United States.  When he died, there was no announcement or no official notice of his death.

Important events during President John Quincy Adam's administration were:

• Gold was discovered at the San Fernando Mission in California in 1842.

• The first adhesive postage stamps were released on February 15, 1842 at New York, New York.

• J. J. Greenough got the patent for the sewing machine on February 21, 1842.

• Mount Saint Helens in Washington erupted on November 22, 1842.

• Mount Rainier in Washington erupted on November 13, 1843.

• Samuel Morse sent the first telegraph message on May 24, 1844.  His message, "What hath God wrought?" was sent from a Supreme Court chamber in Washington, D.C., to the B & O Railroad Depot in Baltimore, Maryland.

• The first news dispatch was sent by telegraph to the Baltimore Patriot on May 25, 1844.

• Florida was admitted as the 27th state on March 3, 1845.

John Tyler was

• the sixth President to be born in Virginia.

• the first President whose wife died while he was president.

• the first Vice-President to become president when his President died.

• the first President to marry while in office.

• the first President to be married on his birthday.

• the first President whose father had been a governor of a State.