泰勒是最後一位出身煙草種植貴族家庭的美國總統，也是十九世紀最後一位出身於維吉尼亞州的總統；他的家人在老維吉尼亞州內追溯尋根，一直回溯到1650年，他的父親擁有超過一千英畝的煙草田、還擁有相當多奴隸。

泰勒的父親是維吉尼亞州長（約翰泰勒則於1825-27擔任州長），與湯瑪斯傑佛遜相當親近；約翰泰勒是家中八個小孩中的一個。約翰泰勒在1809年、其父親成為州長的那一年，作了些什麼？

Tyler was the last of the Virginia aristocratic tobacco-planting elite to occupy the White House and was the last of the 19th century presidents to be raised in Virginia. His family traced its roots in the "Old Dominion" (Virginia's nickname) back to the 1650s. His father owned more than 1,000 acres of tobacco fields and many slaves as well.

Tyler's father served as governor of Virginia (as did John Tyler, in 1825-27) and was close to Thomas Jefferson, one of the founders of the "Virginia dynasty," or ruling class. John Tyler was one of eight children. What did John Tyler do in 1809, the year his father became governor of Virginia?

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