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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President Dwight D. Eisenhower (his campaign slogan was "We like Ike").
He felt that his becoming the President was an accident as a result of FDR's death.
As of June 2014, no U.S. President was nicknamed "Big Bill." William Howard Taft was nicknamed "Big Chief" and "Big Lub."
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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.