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While our last three presidents' wives never made it to their White House debuts, our

next first lady, or should I say first, Lain D's, joined our 10th president, often called

the accidental president in the U.S. Capitol.

John Tyler served for just shy of a four year term, but the White House, under the direction

of three different women, saw plenty of excitement.

I'm sure Nick there, and here's where it gets interesting.

In an early morning hour just before dawn, on April 5, 1841, a few men travel very

from a 30 hour journey by train and boat, arrived on the doorstep of Vice President John

Tyler.

As the myth goes, Tyler himself opened the door when they're not interrupted his game

of marbles with his young grandsons.

But we know that Tyler was an enslaver who relied on the work of more than 70 enslaved

people, so it's pretty improbable that he answered the door of his Virginia plantation

on his own.

His grandsons were mostly grown by the 1840s, and likely not asking their grandfather to

play marbles with him at dawn.

Nevertheless, when Tyler was able to receive the men who had traveled fast and furiously

to get to him, they handed him a letter.

The note read, Sir, It has become our most painful duty to inform you that William Henry

Harrison, late president of the United States, has departed this life.

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