The first vice president to take over the office, John Tyler — nicknamed ... That’s it,” O’Reilly said. Tyler joined 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, ...

He died 32 days into his first term, making his presidency the shortest in U.S. history. The oldest living president is Biden, who turned 82 on Nov. 20, 2024, just weeks after the election.

After he vetoed a tariff bill ... A committee headed by former president John Quincy Adams concluded that Tyler had misused the veto, but the impeachment resolution did not pass.

Prof. Leahy (Keuka) has written an impressive biography of an often overlooked, and very complex, American and his presidency. He gives us Tyler, good and bad, a man of his times and class, a good ...