
The Vice Presidency Should Not Be an Accident Waiting to Happen
… one ran away to sea, the other was elected vice president — and nothing was ever heard from either of them again.” John … the Whig ticket in 1840, Tyler was picked because he was a Southerner and, until his nomination, a lifelong Democrat. … therefore turned to the only people whose support he had, Southern Democrats. Tyler’s pandering to this faction helped …