As the Civil War approached, John Tyler sponsored and chaired the Virginia
Peace Convention as an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war.
Tyler had long been an advocate of states' rights, believing that the
question of a state's "free" or "slave" status ought to be decided at the
state level, with no input from federal government. The convention sought a
compromise to avoid civil war. When war broke out, Tyler unhesitatingly
sided with the Confederacy, and became a delegate to the Provisional
Confederate Congress. He was then elected to the House of Representatives of
the Confederate Congress, but died in Richmond, Virginia before he could
assume office.

Perhaps this is more memorable or notable than the annexation of Texas to
the Union?

Tom
South Central Virginia & More
http://socenva.com

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