John Tyler, the Accidental President(English, Paperback, Crapol Edward P.)

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John Tyler, the Accidental President(English, Paperback, Crapol Edward P.) is written by Crapol Edward P. and published by The University of North Carolina Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0807872237 (ISBN 10) and 9780807872239 (ISBN 13).

The first vice president to become president on the death of the incumbent, John Tyler (1790-1862) was derided by critics as ""His Accidency."" In this biography of the tenth president, Edward P. Crapol challenges depiction's of Tyler as a die-hard advocate of states' rights, limited government, and a strict interpretation of the Constitution. Instead, he argues, Tyler manipulated the Constitution to increase the executive power of the presidency. Crapol also highlights Tyler's faith in America's national destiny and his belief that boundless territorial expansion would preserve the Union as a slave holding republic. When Tyler sided with the Confederacy in 1861, he was branded as America's ""traitor"" president for having betrayed the republic he once led.