John Tyler (president)

John Tyler
Main aliases:	His Accidency
Species:	Human
Job:	President of the United States, Vice President of the United States
Affiliated with:	United States government
Place of origin:	Earth
First mentioned in:	The Haunted Wagon Train [+]Loading...["The Haunted Wagon Train (novel)"]

John Tyler was the tenth President of the United States, and the first to come to office upon the death of their predecessor.

Biography

In the early 1840s, (PROSE: The Haunted Wagon Train: Marker 75 ^[+]Loading...{"marker":"75","1":"The Haunted Wagon Train (novel)"}) John Tyler served as Vice President of the United States under President William Henry Harrison. Following Harrison's death from pneumonia early in his term, Tyler ascended to the presidency, the first President to do so in this manner. Because of this, he was nicknamed "His Accidency". (PROSE: The Haunted Wagon Train: Marker 37 ^[+]Loading...{"marker":"37","1":"The Haunted Wagon Train (novel)"})

He was regarded as a controversial President. (PROSE: The Haunted Wagon Train: Marker 98 ^[+]Loading...{"marker":"98","1":"The Haunted Wagon Train (novel)"})