William Harrison ... and unbeknownst to Harrison, would be rejected by his successor and vice president, John Tyler. The Whigs, led by Henry Clay, fielded Harrison as a war hero candidate in ...

Due to his military career, William Henry Harrison became the frontrunner of the Whig Party—a new political faction assembled by opposition to Jackson. Despite his aristocratic Virginian roots, the ...

When John Tyler assumed the presidency upon the death of William Henry Harrison, critics referred to him as “His Accidency.” At fifty-one, Tyler was the youngest man yet to become president. Tyler, ...