Have you heard people complain about a lack of courage and character in politics and government? I?m sure you have! You need to meet President John Tyler, the first President to be kicked out of his own party for standing up for his principles.
President Tyler was "first" in many things; the first Vice President to ascend to the Presidency through the death of a President, the first to lose his wife, the First Lady, while in office and then to remarry in the White House. He was certainly one of the first to travel employing the very newest technology...railroads. He was definitely the last of the ?Jeffersonians? having known and been given the honor of delivering the official eulogy to the ?great man? following his death on the 4th of July in 1826.
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Mark R. Warner, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia - Host of the 2004 State Dinner for the Southern Governors? Association
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Bob Pettit ? President, KRHP TV 14
?I again want to thank you for your performance at the White House Reunion this past November. Staff are still talking about the Saturday evening performance.?
Joni Stevens - Chief Concierge, Colonial Williamsburg Company & Executive Assistant to the Military Assistant to the President of the USA
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President John Tyler to Address IPA by Mitchell Davis
The International Platform Association was founded in 1831 by American diplomat Daniel Webster (1782-1852) and educator Josiah Holbrook. (1788-1854). Holbrook was the principal founder of the Lyceum movement in 19th Century America.
The original name was the American Lyceum Association. The Lyceum movement was a venue for lectures, debates, and musical, religious, entertainment, and educational presentations for adults.
After the Civil War, many lyceums which had been devoted to science and manufacturing advances also opened their doors to vaudeville entertainers. In some ways, the Lyceums of the 19th Century were like C-SPAN today.
In 1918, the name changed again to International Lyceum and Chatuaqua Association (ILCA); the word ?Chatauqua? was dropped in 1932. The last name change in 1947 was to International Platform Association, which has remained the name to this day.