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The first vice president to become president on the death of the incumbent, John Tyler (1790-1862) was derided by critics as ""His Accidency."" Yet he proved to be a bold leader who used the malleable executive system to his advantage. In this biography of the tenth President of the United States, Edward P. Crapol challenges previous depictions of Tyler as a die-hard advocate of states' rights, limited government, and a strict interpretation of the Constitution. In pursuit of his agenda, Crapol argues, Tyler exploited executive prerogatives and manipulated constitutional requirements in ways that violated his professed allegiance to a strict interpretation of the Constitution. He set precedents that his successors in the White House invoked to create an American empire and expand presidential power. Crapol also highlights Tyler's enduring faith in America's national destiny and his belief that boundless territorial expansion would preserve the Union as a slaveholding republic. When Tyler, a Virginian, opted for secession and the Confederacy in 1861, he was stigmatized as America's ""traitor"" president for having betrayed the republic he once led. As Crapol demonstrates, Tyler's story is more complex, anticipating the modern imperial presidency in all its power and grandeur, as well as its darker side.
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The best study yet of Tyler's presidency and his important legacies....Any study of late Jacksonian America must now include Crapol's brilliant study.--Pacific Historical Review
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EDWARD P. CRAPOL is William E. Pullen Professor of American History, Emeritus, at the College of William and Mary. He is author of James G. Blaine: Architect of Empire and editor of Women and American Foreign Policy: Lobbyists, Critics, and Insiders.
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- PublisherThe University of North Carolina Press
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0807830410
- ISBN 13 9780807830413
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages344
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