Inauguration of John Tyler

Presidential inauguration of John Tyler

Date	April 6, 1841
Location	Brown's Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Participants	President of the United States, John Tyler Assuming office Chief Judge William Cranch Administering oath

The inauguration of John Tyler as the tenth President of the United States took place in the Brown’s Indian Queen Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, April 6, 1841, after Tyler had received news at his home in Williamsburg, Virginia, the day before from the chief clerk of the State Department, Fletcher Webster, that President William Henry Harrison had died. Tyler had not been informed of Harrison’s health during his term as vice president.

1888 illustration of President Tyler receiving the news of President Harrison's death from Chief Clerk of the State Department Fletcher Webster

Tyler was sworn in as president by Chief Judge William Cranch of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia. This was the first time in American history that the death of a president had occasioned the swearing-in of a new president.

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