You might say he failed as a party animal. He vetoed two bills that would have re-established the kind of national bank that Jackson killed but which the Whigs had fought hard to keep and had promised to restore once they got into power.
Most of his Whig cabinet resigned in protest and the Whig party kicked him out ending any hope he might have had to run for president.
John Tyler Jr. didn't have a middle name according to his biography.
Tyler ran for vice-president in 1840 with Wm Henry Harrison heading the ticket.
He became president because Harrison died soon after taking office. Tyler never ran for president .
Tyler Durden made soap from human body fat and lye, (Paper St Soap Company) and sold it to department stores at $20 a bar. He worked as a movie projectionist (where he would insert subliminal pornography), and as a waiter at the Pressman Hotel. He had other jobs, but they weren't shown in the movie.
John glenns childhood was a good one for the most part. He grew up in Ohio. His childhood sweetheart was Annie Castor who he later married.
In the USA, the President cannot make Laws. He can suggest them to the Congress, but all Law originates in the Congress, and is then passed on to the President for Ratification or Veto.
Whig Party candidate William Henry Harrison won the 1840 presidential election defeating Democratic Party incumbent President Martin Van Buren. In the 1840 presidential election there was a total of 294 electoral votes thereby requiring a majority of 148 votes to win the presidential election. William Henry Harrison received 234 electoral votes and Martin Van Buren received 60 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Harrison 1,275,390 and Van Buren 1,128,854.
John Tyler was William Henry Harrison's vice president running mate. Tyler ascended to the presidency after Harrison's death in April 1841
John Tyler was not elected into office. John Tyler was the Vice President under President William Henry Harrison from March 4, 1841 to April 4, 1841. President William Henry Harrison died 32 days into his term, and John Tyler Succeeded Harrison to become the The 10th President of the United States.
Immediately assumed presidency after William Henry Harrison abruptly died a month into his term, setting a precedent for presidential succession that would eventually be codified in the Twenty-fifth Amendment, often opposed his own Whig Party's platform much to the consternation of his cabinet and Whigs in Congress, vetoed Whig bills to recreate a national bank on the grounds that states should have the right to refuse such an institution, sided with the Confederate government upon the outbreak of the Civil War (after his presidency) and won election to the Confederate House of Representatives shortly before his death, found foreign policy successes in his signing of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty with Britain and Treaty of Wanghia with Qing China and presided over the annexation of Texas in 1845.
John Tyler was the first to assume presidency after the death of a current president. The Texas Annexation Treaty was signed by the Republic of Texas and the United States in 1844 while Taylor was in office.
Tyler supported the United States' fight against Britain during the War of 1812, and he took command of a small militia company, though he saw no action. (Wikipedia)
He did everything that he could do, but then again he made bad choices.
He was elected as the vice-president and became the president because the President took sick and died. He was the first president to take office without being elected to the position, and the press of the day called him "His Accidency" throughout his term of office.
John Tyler was the tenth President Of the US. He served from 1841 to 1845.
His home is in Virginia along the James River, about 80 miles from the coast. It is known as Sherwood Forest Plantation, has been kept up and restored and is open to visitors.
Lewis Cass was the Democrat defeated by Taylor in 1848.
John Tyler was the president for 3 years and 11 months, almost one full term.
John Tyler was the 10th President of the United States from 1841 April 4 to 1845 March 4
John Tyler served as the 10th US president. He was Vice President under Harrison for about a month. When Harrison died of a cold, Tyler took his place. Some highlights of his years in office,:
Here is some background info about John Tyler:
Tyler attended several preparatory schools and graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1807. He then studied law and was licensed to practice at the age of 19. For the source and more detailed information concerning this subject, click on the related links section indicated below.
He was married twice, his first wifenAnne Baker Tucker, gave birth to three children, John Tyler, Elizabeth Gilmour Tyler, and Julia Gardiner Tyler Wilson. Following Anne's death in 1921, he married the former Sue Ruffin, who also had three children, Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr., Harrison Ruffin Tyler, and Henry Tyler