The Republican Party didn't exist yet. Tyler was a long-time Democrat-Republican, but was nonetheless elected Vice President on the Whig ticket. During his period in office, he attempted to start a new party and for a brief time was officially not a member of any party.
His big dispute occurred when he vetoed a bill to re-establish the bank of the United States. Restoring the bank was a long-term Whig goal and they were positively shocked when he vetoed it. The veto infuriated Whig leaders, all but one of his cabinet members resigned and Tyler was ejected from the party.
John Tyler was the Whig Party Vice Presidential Nominee in the election of 1840, but less than six months after he took over the Presidency following the death of William Henry Harrison, the Whig Party kicked him out based on the choices he was making as President.
He spent the rest of his Presidency as an independent, and no party would nominate him in 1844.
President Tyler had once been a democrat and opposed the Whig plan to develop the economy. When the Whigs in congress passed a bill to recharger the bank of the United States,Tyler vetoed it.
They thought so. After he vetoed the bill to re-charter the Bank of the US, all of cabinet resigned except for Daniel Webster and Tyler was expelled from the Whig party.
John Tyler was a Whig.
No. John Tyler and the Whig party were in a constant battle.
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John Tyler was expelled from the Whig party after he vetoed the Bank Bill.
The Republican Party didn't exist yet. Tyler was a long-time Democrat-Republican, but was nonetheless elected Vice President on the Whig ticket. During his period in office, he attempted to start a new party and for a brief time was officially not a member of any party.
Members of the Whig party in the United States Congress attempted unsuccessfully to impeach John Tyler.
William Henry Harrison and his running mate, John Tyler, were the Whig candidates in 1840.
William h. harrison and john tyler
September 13, 1841 was the date of Tyler's official expulsion from the Whig party.
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left his party to (whig) protest over the nullification issues
William Henry Harrison,John Tyler,Zachary Taylor,and Millard Fillmore