John Tyler Sr.
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John Tyler Sr. was an American lawyer, planter, politician and judge who served in the Virginia House of Delegates and became 15th Governor of Virginia and later United States district judge of the Un
Posthumous portrait, c. 1873
Benjamin Harrison V
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Benjamin Harrison V was an American planter, merchant, and politician who was a Founding Father of the United States. He served as a delegate to the United States Continental Congress, and was a signe
John Tyler Sr.
…Charles City County voters re-elected him annually until 1788. Furthermore, fellow delegates elected Tyler as their Speaker in 1781, when he succeeded Benjamin Harrison (who legislators had elected the Governor), and re-elected Tyler until 1785, when Benjamin Harrison again became the Speaker). In addition to his…
Engraved portrait of Harrison
William Henry Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
The Williamsburg Courthouse. Harrison helped raise the funds to purchase the courthouse for the city.