What is Inauguration of John Tyler?
[[File:Tyler receives news.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A cartoon showing Tyler receiving the news of Harrison's death]] The '''inauguration of John Tyler''' as the [[List of presidents of the United States|tenth]] [[president of the United States]] took place in [[John Tyler|Tyler's]] bedroom on Thursday, April 6, 1841. It happened two days after the death of President [[William Henry Harrison]]. The [[United States presidential inauguration|inauguration]] was the beginning of Tyler's only term as President. It was the first time that an inauguration was held because of a president's death. The swearing-in was done by Chief Judge of the local U.S. Circuit Court, [[William Cranch]], at Brown's Hotel in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web |title=President John Tyler, 1841 |url=http://inaugural.senate.gov/history/chronology/jtyler1841.cfm |publisher=Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies |accessdate=2009-01-23 |archive-date=2009-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122205845/http://inaugural.senate.gov/history/chronology/jtyler1841.cfm |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US inaugurations}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Inauguration of John Tyler}} [[Category:1841]] [[Category:John Tyler]] [[Category:United States presidential inaugurations|Tyler, John]] [[Category:1840s in the United States]] [[Category:19th century in Washington, D.C.|Tyler, John]] {{multistub|history|US}}