Neither Whigs nor their Democratic opponents trusted him. As the campaign slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler too” suggested, Tyler was an afterthought who’d been destined to become little more than a historical footnote, until pneumonia killed Harrison. A native Southerner, he’d been added to the Whig ticket to help win Virginia. Lacking clear constitutional guidelines, the Whig party settled on Harrison’s vice president, John Tyler, as his replacement. It remains the shortest presidency in American history. That wasn’t the only record he set: inaugurated on March 4, Harrison died 31 days later on April 4, 1840. Nicknamed “Old Tippecanoe,” the 68-year-old general was the republic’s oldest head of state. In 1840, the Whig party’s candidate William Henry Harrison won the presidential election.
how a friend to segregationists ended up passing landmark civil rights legislation.
why a historic opportunity to advance equality was squandered after the Civil War and. how the annexation of Texas ended up redrawing the borders of the US. In this summary of Accidental Presidents by Jared Cohen,Along the way you’ll learn In this book summary, we’ll explore how the decisions of the “accidental presidents,” who filled their shoes changed the course of American history. Then there are the four presidents who died from natural causes: Harrison, Taylor, Harding and Roosevelt. Everyone remembers Lincoln and Kennedy, while names like Garfield and McKinley are often forgotten. So far, that’s happened just eight times in the history of the US. Well, that’s exactly what Jared Cohen explores in Accidental Presidents, a study of the men who found themselves in the White House after illness or assassins claimed their old bosses’ lives. Vice presidents, by contrast, are usually chosen for more pragmatic reasons, like their ability to politick, horse trade and keep influential voting blocs onside.īut what happens when power passes from the former to the latter? The electoral fortunes of American presidential candidates hinge on their individual charisma – their ability to embody the self-perception and desires of the nation in their own personalities.
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