Show t B II 1 The T Vice tv Dho ho Ha atJe e Bec Become 1 President w ns campaign tI of oC 1904 IH III drawing lI r with HUMe vt lt mentioned as 18 the probable candidate of the I hf lar lart r ry t y It IL IH hi nt of Interest In 10 noto IIII Unit t Ills hili would the Int or f Ih he rooming hoodoo hall 11 n fi mil P r of our nUl chief executive who n president by II the death of tiC the bend of tho nation nil linn Prior to III there ba haw ten tow tour vl vIet presidents loathe hair by lIy the demise l of or It Incumbent I III tin III four our being John Tyler Flit morn Johnson Chester A 1111 ur Mr Tyler won 1 elected vice president III on Ui the celebrated 1 and Tyler too ticket and became pirn Ident vi little more a 1 the VII 11 Henry I who ho died In III April With Mr 11 Tylers accession cc II lon to 10 III presidency tho Iho whole political situation changed Ills lilli t lu I the Ille vice Ice presidential place on Oil the Whig Will I ticket had hlll been governed largely by II of If for tor although a 1 Whip In h t of or Ids hili views It W known he was strongly op 11 lo tu n portion of n the Ihl pro lIto 1111 1111 nl untidily the g of 01 the of nt the whose Iwo hud lire year previously on I A II lIena from Virginia ho 1111 l III In Ills opposition to 10 the national bank hll 11 k and mimy of ur the Ih Whig tendon In III with him president thc would have Ill out their pet project hopes were by hy his hili Inaugural and by h hit hili u n I from o of II the Ihl I who Imd Iwen by h I administrations and they thc rejoiced when lIun In hn to Iho special session of o l May 31 11 1841 IRU Mr Tyler discussed iII the bunk mention H lit I great length From th looked even 1 lII ho In III to members Hint ho would bo 1111 Jl I 11 lo 10 have congress re r Iho I of or the treasury Mr living 10 o u 11 plan for COt a II national bank Bolh houses adopted resolutions to In tills this nUll lifting framed 1 a 1 11 In accordance 1 with tho Iho presidents Ideas hilt but not to tho o congress which amend amended ed c It 11 by a II clause branch from Mr II pro Tho promptly vetoed I lie measure that It was mi un In III This clo tho Iho Whigs the country estranging of o thorn the president Their leaders In however Bought to tn conciliate him a bill cm Im bracing ln supposed to In tobo bo to tn him submitted to 10 him and to toMils Mils hili cabinet and was received with ap 1111 approval III both hoth senate H and house without alteration II tI Meantime President dent Tyler rII had conceived the Iho Idea that U II had been framed In such lIuch u II way that If Ir ho It hev ho be l betrayed Into an 1111 net of It Inconsistency and when It IL MIH presented for Cor his amazed the tho by hy again exercising liln h hI power 11 of veto to III command the necessary a io O ry It over Ol bin hili seto elo tin lite with ll the president nl the cabinet lIh tin till p of 1 K of or sUte 11 In III of or the negotiation 1 n ho then conducting with the on Iho qu of or orI the I hI disputed tell of ot tho 3 ad adjourned In September ISH tho Whigs Whig with tho Iho lh of or 1818 Taylor of or Indian und Mexican WIll war fume lh 11 and ond vice Pe pr pr In July Jul President T lor died and Vice President III oro was 11 nt lit once Into n cub Inet with Daniel Halliel as secretary of lit state 1111 Tho period during which President upon his hili high duties mis 1118 one of to f Mi Hard u Hint nil 1111 1 between them 1111 the were W f It IL I to 10 waid the clone of or hili It 1 11 Unit while he hod lout tho of oC tho Ihl lie he hail not 1101 that of DC tl lb In May 1111 1414 ISH a II convention co 11 08 ell largely of or met Inet at lit I III more and nominated Mr Tyler for president but hul In August u u t ho withdrew from the contest Meantime tho Whigs nominated their leader r Henry while the of lit the tho Democrats James K l lk oC Ten who elected Tho Thu Whigs again nime lUmo Into power people President had hlll died 11 at III tho of tin acrimonious loii lit congress t tiller later 1 as III till tho compro of ot 1850 designed to 10 pro pr 1110 it 1 form torm of for the ter tor territory Included In the Mexican cc slon CI hud offered a 1 general which provid provided ed for th of or California as n a state without riny 1111 restriction rC concerning slavery for tOl the of or In III till the other o portions of r the Mexican cession lon with without out reference e slavery vcr for tor the tho pro prohibition of IC slave trading In III tho District of Columbia for Cor tho enactment of a I more I 11 II If 11 t fugitive sla scheme uin by both ad nd advocates extreme opponents of or ulav cry er but bUl eventually was wal adopted In III practically UH 1111 entirety In III tho Iho form Corm of lIoe 11 I President Irl tho thu bills before the end of September 1850 In his hili signature to 10 tho fugi CuI fugitive thc tive slave lave law IIII alien alienated of o the Whigs who Death ot President Johnson JohnsonA A ln a tio oi Lincoln frowned upon what they ns nil his hIli dalliance with albeit tile the Whig hh nominating convention of or 1852 Indorsed his policy by h u 1 vote ole of oC 22 to 10 60 It II was Willi not Mind t possible to 10 secure his nomination for Cor president ns he ho could not lIot command more than twenty ty I votes from the noi 1101 thorn states The rho choice of or the convention fell Cell upon flen cral lel Scott the tho Demo Democrats put pul forward 1111 their candidate Pierce who Iho was elected over Scott and John P 1 Hale the nomine of o n II third party parly which deny denying InK ing UK I h wisdom of at the compromise declared that thaI all 1111 the of oC the tho Untied United States bo free soil Four years later 11 was put pUl forward orward un an a 1 can mn by b tho Know Kilo Nothing party Whose holl chief platform plank 18 opposition lI In 10 foreign In the Iho United He lie received the vote ot of oC only one state The third accidental l president was Andrew Johnson who attained the presidency In ISO when the killed Abraham Lincoln l while Ih ordinances ll of oC secession were lere tho southern states by adopting them actually been out of oC the Iho Union could not ho he to 10 their former lonner Hiatus save by hy On the of or May 1 President Johnson Issued u II proclamation for the restoration of Virginia to her lIer place In III Inthe the tho Union followed this up with proclamations restoring nil 1111 tho Iho other t I j The 1 I Chester A Arthur dent Johnsons tenure of or onico omco was IOB ll by h a n succession of or disputes be between tween the chief executive and con Call congrow grow greis Ihu lit of or dissension being reached when he was IVall Impeached for rOl forthe the from office of or Secretary of oC War etc The fhe break between HIP he I president H hinged on the Ul method to bo he followed In recon reconstructing the American Union President resl dent John n held that Ihal the southern states ordinances of ot secession were In III Invalid valid nUlI that tile seceding states had nev never lIe er been out of oC the he Union and that re reconstruction construction was therefore a IL matter to 10 be b settled by h tho executive In hi op opposition 01 position to 10 this congress n that however proceeded In accordance with lIh Us 1111 own on views and 1111 during the thc of oC appointed a 11 committee to 10 consider tho Iho various entailed In reconstruction by hy legislation The alarum In the Iho struggle between the executive und the legislative was sounded Mounded when President t Johnson vetoed Iho civil rights bill passed to 10 secure the full rights of or citi citizenship to 10 tho freedmen of or the Kouth The fhe bill was WIlS at lit once passed etl over his veto lo by the ma mL In the ho I summer of o 1866 hoping to tally public opinion to 10 his support President Johnson cut ot out on a II swing around the circle accompanied by Grant Admiral other ot Th result SM and of th tour lour was Willi not 1101 favorable to 10 him but bul E he refused to yield his hili and with the tho adoption by of oC a II denno r the crisis crIll III acute after bill was vetoed to by him and as nil regularly passed over hi his veto a Ultimately the troubles between congress and Mr Johnson rench climax with his dismissal of n 1 Stanton Congress viewed this action troth ns liS n 11 usurpation of power and in oe violation of oC tho Iho tenure of or law HH II proceedings ll ere wot lol on 01 tool foot hi III til the house to bring about tho presidents impeachment I I mon I The Tho followed was Willi the most 1110 In the lito hl of oC the Ih It tn presided ie hI ly I Chief o and took MIM NI In tho senate chamber the noting as 1111 jud PH and P nu BUI conducting tho Iho in bo br of till the house hOu The trial 1111 x 23 3 1 but tho decisive v 1 not taken Iken until 25 G when I n president wan If lilt HId r from flOI nn adverse lulI verdict was very lOry n III TOW r but ono one vote 10 n 1111 Iwo majority necessary to con I Although Mr II hall had PI n elected elect ell Ico president on Oil u 1 a that party had no thought of or naming hint him to III succeed himself M aK Idelli Republican nominate e convention of ur 1 WOK was held a few UK M before re tho Iho decisive Impeachment v was 11 and on the ur UI mimed V 1 ti H r rr president At I 1110 Inn held in III July President oi d name was 1011 d and Hill on Oil II i t ballot lio received re oi x tnt I his vole decreased d rapidly l I II hi I until ill nineteenth ballot hall l his j dl I not 1101 appear The fhe ultimate choice Of the Democrats was Horatio who was wall defeated by J Grunt t last Important act acL la to 10 proclaim on Christmas day cia completo amnesty to III nil con can corned c In any way n In Chester A J Arthur who In III 1580 W ni elected vice president on the Ih an ticket by b A O took the oath of or as president nf or ortho the tho Hept 20 ISRI 1111 day Ihl after Mr ill died nt Il V J victim of oC pistol 11 lol Mr Arthurs administration uns 1118 not mark marked ed Ill by b any IIII cv uit of oC Or r tance but characterized by h hla hl opposition to extravagance la ro his hili views on this matter leading him to 10 veto eto tho thu river and bar har barbor bor bill of 1882 Although lie hc hud coma an 1111 opposite wing of the an party to that which Mr Ir hall had represented ho showed no I tendency to 10 revolutionize the Ihl laller II policy and his I m aft i II by ty the state conventions of o ti h 1 party That hat he hI was not mimed to MH cf d himself by h convention of oC wax duo largely largel tho personal popularity of oC Mr Ir ur was a 1 lall id for tur the nomination on 01 iho n 1 received votes otell on 01 the Iho so o on tho third H on the four when Mr III was v y vAt At the time the convention allor cd Oll a 1 resolution Indorsing Mr Arthur policy In 11 tho Iho ln ull election Mr Ir defiled I Cleveland the Iho non 00 luce JOHN I J |