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Henry Clay , as well as Daniel Webster and John Quincy Adams were prominent leaders of the Whig party in 1840.

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William Henry Harrison was the leader of the Whig party when John Tyler was nominated vice presidential candidate. William Henry Harrison and John Tyler both later served as President.

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His party was so angered by his veto of the banking bill that all but one of his cabinet resigned and he was expelled from the party.

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because he had head lice

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Q: Why did The Whig party placed John Tyler on the 1840 ticket as vice president?
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