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Upon the death of President Harrison, John Tyler became the first vice president to assume the presidency. Tyler was nicknamed "His Accidency" by opponents because he seemed to gain the presidency by an accident of fate versus being elected to the office.
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∙ 13y agoIt was John Tyler because President Harrison died in office and John Tyler assumed the presidency.
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∙ 12y agoJohn Tyler was the first president to be called by this name, since he became president because of the accidental death of the elected President Harrison.
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His Accidency, The President Without a Party, and Traitor Tyler were all given to John Tyler while he was president. His Accidency because he became president by "accident". The President without a Party because his party, the Whigs, disowned him midway through his first year in office. He turned acainst his friends and long time allys causing all his cabinet members to resign. This prompted Traitor Tyler.
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Why was John Tyler nicknamed 'His Accidency?
* "Accidental President" * "His Accidency," Derisive nickname by his opponents (as opposed to "His Excellency", for example), who suggested he could not have achieved the presidency through his own merit, only by accident (succeeding from the Vice Presidency on the death of William Henry Harrison).
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