John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth president of the United States from 1841 to 1845 after briefly serving as the tenth vice president in 1841; he was elected vice president on the 1840 Whig ticket with President William Henry Harrison. Tyler ascended to the presidency after Harrison's death in April 1841, only a month after the start of the new administration. His unexpected rise to the presidency posed a threat to the presidential ambitions of Henry Clay and other politicians, and left Tyler estranged from both major political parties. President Harrison died just one month after taking office, and Tyler became the first vice president to succeed to the presidency without election. Some scholars have praised Tyler's political resolve, but historians have generally ranked his presidency lowly. Tyler repeatedly declined the offer, endorsing Randolph as the best candidate, but the political pressure continued to mount.
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