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John Tyler
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In 1840 I was called from my farm to undertake the administration of public affairs and I foresaw that I was called to a bed of thorns.
— Farewell remarks (1845).
John Tyler
President of the United States from 1841 to 1845
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Lived 1790–1862, aged 72United States
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The president no party wanted. Tyler took office after William Henry Harrison's death and immediately alienated the Whigs who put him there — vetoing their signature bills, watching his cabinet walk out, earning expulsion from his own party and the nickname "His Accidency."
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Born into a slaveholding Virginia family in 1790, Tyler rode the fractures of the Democratic-Republican Party into politics, breaking with Andrew Jackson over states' rights and drifting toward the Whigs. He landed on the 1840 ticket as Harrison's running mate under the slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" — then inherited the presidency 31 days later when Harrison died, the first vice president to do so. Tyler took the oath immediately, establishing the succession precedent, but governed like a man without a coalition: he vetoed the Whig Congress's national bank and tariff bills, saw nearly his…
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John Tyler
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So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations.
— First annual message to Congress (1 June 1841).
John Tyler
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Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality.
— First annual message to Congress (1 June 1841).
John Tyler
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I can never consent to being dictated to as to what I shall or shall not do. I, as President, shall be responsible for my administration.
— Cabinet meeting (1841), as retold by John Alexander Tyler.
John Tyler
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Patronage is the sword and cannon by which war may be made on the liberty of the human race.
— Speech in Congress (24 February 1834) against the policies of Andrew Jackson.
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