USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Tippecanoe and Tyler Too was a campaign slogan for William Henry Harrison and John Tyler in the presidential election of 1840. It helped to catapult the Whig Party to the presidency for the first time in American history. The 1840 presidential campaign was one of the most fascinating in American history.

Detailed explanation-2: -Harrison was the first president to campaign actively for office. He did so with the slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler too.” Tippecanoe referred to Harrison’s leadership of U.S. troops in a battle against Native American forces near a river called Tippecanoe in what is now the state of Indiana.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tippecanoe and Tyler too was the 1840 US presidential campaign slogan of William Henry Harrison–the first president to campaign actively for office. While Tyler was Harrison’s running-mate, Tippecanoe was a nickname referring to a battle fought by Harrison while he was governor of the newly formed Indiana Territory.

Detailed explanation-4: -The song was written by Alexander Coffman Ross, a jeweler of Zanesville, Ohio, in 1840, to the music of the minstrelsy song “Little Pigs". He first performed it at a Whig meeting in Zanesville, and it came to national attention when, traveling on a business trip, he introduced it to a Whig rally in New York.

Detailed explanation-5: -Harrison was elected in a successful campaign that included a popular slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler, too!” that reflected Harrison’s career as a successful Indian fighter.