Due to his military career, William Henry Harrison became the frontrunner of the Whig Party—a new political faction assembled by opposition to Jackson. Despite his aristocratic Virginian roots, the ...

1840: Whigs: William Henry Harrison In 1840 the Whig Party ran a "Log Cabin and Hard Cider" campaign in which they presented their presidential candidate, William Henry Harrison, a Virginia ...

When John Tyler assumed the presidency upon the death of William Henry Harrison, critics referred to him as “His ... was largely at odds with the nationalistic policies of his adopted Whig Party. He ...

Following the sudden death of William Henry Harrison, Vice President John Tyler assumed the presidency. "His Accidency" quickly ran afoul of his own party; they repudiated him, and some Whigs in ...