The first U.S. president to die in office was William Henry Harrison. He served only 31 days in office. He died of pneumonia and pleurisy on April 4, 1841.
John Tyler, who succeeded William Henry Harrison on April 4, 1841, only a month after Harrison's inauguration.
Upon the death of President Harrison, John Tyler became the first vice president to assume the presidency. Tyler was nicknamed "His Accidency" by opponents because he seemed to gain the presidency by an accident of fate versus being elected to the office.
The first vice president to take over office was John Tyler.
President Grover Cleveland became the first and only president to be married in the White House on June 2, 1886.John Tyler was the first to be married while he was president, but the wedding did not take place in the White House.
His Accidency, The President Without a Party, and Traitor Tyler were all given to John Tyler while he was president. His Accidency because he became president by "accident". The President without a Party because his party, the Whigs, disowned him midway through his first year in office. He turned acainst his friends and long time allys causing all his cabinet members to resign. This prompted Traitor Tyler.
William Henry Harrison was the first President to die in office, until that time not much thought was given to who would succeed the President if something happened. John Tyler, the Vice President stepped into the role of President after President Harrison's death. Up to this time the American nation was briefly confused on the process of succession. Tyler took the presidential oath of office on Apr. 6,1841 initiating a custom that would govern future successions, and became the first U.S. vice president to assume the office of president upon the death of his predecessor. It was not until 1967 that Tyler's action of assuming full powers of the presidency was legally codified in the Twenty-fifth Amendment.
John Tyler who was the vice president. After Harrison died, Tyler became the "accidental president".
Upon the death of President Harrison, John Tyler became the first vice president to assume the presidency. Tyler was nicknamed "His Accidency" by opponents because he seemed to gain the presidency by an accident of fate versus being elected to the office.
The first president to get married while in office was John Tyler. John Tyler was also the first president to have his wife die while in office.
John Tyler was the vice-president who moved up to President when William Henry Harrison became the first US president to die in office.
John Tyler
William Henry Harrison. Tyler was the first vice-president to inherit the office.
William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia on April 4, 1841. John Tyler of Virginia became the first president to gain presidency because the elected president died in office.
John Tyler
John Tyler
The first vice president to take over office was John Tyler.
The first Vice president to become president is John Tyler the 10th president.
President John Tyler's nickname was the "Accidental President" or "His Accidency". He received this nickname because he was the first president to hold the office without being elected to it. William Henry Harrison died shortly after taking office and Tyler was his vice president.