She died of a stroke when her son John was seven years old. Tyler was soon at odds with President Jackson, frustrated by Jackson's newly emerging spoils system, describing it as an 'electioneering weapon'. He voted against many of the President's nominations when they appeared to be unconstitutional or motivated by patronage. He voted against many of the President's nominations when they appeared to be unconstitutional or motivated by patronage. Opposing the nominations of a president of his own party was considered 'an act of insurgency' against his party. Tyler was particularly offended by Jackson's use of the recess appointment power to name three treaty commissioners to meet with emissaries from the Ottoman Empire, and introduced a bill chastising the president for this. Tyler hoped electors would be unable to elect a vice president, and that he would be one of the top two vote-getters, from whom the Senate, under the Twelfth Amendment, must choose.
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