FTP, name this politician, nominated vice-president on the Whig ticket in 1840, who became President  in April 1841 on the death of William Henry Harrison.
He left retirement to chair a peace convention in Washington in 1861, also serving briefly in the Confederate Congress prior to his death. Entering Congress in 1816 as a Jeffersonian Democrat, he served two years as governor of Virginia before enteri  ng the senate, where he remained for nine years before resigning rather than support the resolution that would expunge Jackson's censure from the record. FTP, name this politician, nominated vice-president on the Whig ticket in 1840, who became President  in April 1841 on the death of William Henry Harrison.
He left retirement to chair a peace convention in Washington in 1861, also serving briefly in the Confederate Congress prior to his death.
John Tyler