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Dubbed "His Accidency" by detractors, former Ways and Means member John Tyler of Virginia was the first Vice President to be elevated to the office of Chief Executive by the death of his predecessor. Tyler served as the tenth President, succeeding William Henry Harrison in 1841. Although nominally a member of the Whig Party, Tyler was at heart a Jacksonian Democrat. As such he stood measures for establishing a national bank, protective tariffs, and federally financed internal improvements- the cornerstones of the Whig economic recovery program. |
