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* [[Didn't See That Coming]]/[[Reassignment Backfire]]/[[Unexpected Successor]]: They didn't expect [[William Henry Harrison]] to ''die'' in office, much less so soon that Tyler would serve nearly a full term on his own. |
* [[Didn't See That Coming]]/[[Reassignment Backfire]]/[[Unexpected Successor]]: They didn't expect [[William Henry Harrison]] to ''die'' in office, much less so soon that Tyler would serve nearly a full term on his own. |
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* [[Mass "Oh Crap"]]: The Whig party, when they realized that Tyler was not "Acting President", but ''President''. |
* [[Mass "Oh Crap"]]: The Whig party, when they realized that Tyler was not "Acting President", but ''President''. |
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* [[Spanner in the Works]]: I repeat--"He was a longtime Democratic-Republican who was elected to the Vice Presidency on the Whig ticket." He vetoed nearly every bill the Whigs sent him and was president for all but ''one month'' of a full term, the longest term of any president who wasn't actually ''elected'' President. |
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* [[Succession Crisis]]: A rare republican example--prior to his predecessor's term, nobody knew exactly what would happen if a President was unable to fulfill his duties--and since [[William Henry Harrison]] was ''dead'', [[Captain Obvious|his inability was permanent]]. Tyler's answer--that the Vice President would become President in his own right-- was not good news for the Whigs. |
* [[Succession Crisis]]: A rare republican example--prior to his predecessor's term, nobody knew exactly what would happen if a President was unable to fulfill his duties--and since [[William Henry Harrison]] was ''dead'', [[Captain Obvious|his inability was permanent]]. Tyler's answer--that the Vice President would become President in his own right-- was not good news for the Whigs. |
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