"Let it, then, be henceforth proclaimed to the world, that man's conscience was created free; that he is no longer accountable to his fellow man for his religious opinions, being responsible therefore only to his God."
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Funeral oration for Thomas Jefferson (11 July 1826).
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John Tyler
1841 – 1845
John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth (1841) vice president of the United States, and the tenth (1841–1845) president of the United States. He was the second president born after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and the first to assume the office of president following the death of his predecessor.
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