Vice President Tyler assumed the presidency after the death of President William Henry Harrison using the __________ powers clau
se of the Constitution, though later the __________ Amendment would state that in the “case of the removal of the president from office or of his death or resignation, the vice president shall become president.”
Vice President Tyler assumed the presidency after the death of President William Henry Harrison using the implied powers clause of the Constitution, though later the 25th Amendment would state that in the “case of the removal of the president from office or of his death or resignation, the vice president shall become president.”
In the presidential election of 1840, the Whig Party elected Tyler as vice president along with the candidacy of William Henry Harrison. John Tyler took the position of president, after the sudden death of Harrison. This makes him the tenth President of the United States, from 1841 to 1845.
