JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
MARTIN VAN BUREN
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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To run for a party that he actually did not identify with
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The first Vice President to become president
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The first Vice President to refuse the presidency after a president has died
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -Under the campaign slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too", the Harrison-Tyler ticket defeated incumbent president Martin Van Buren. President Harrison died just one month after taking office, and Tyler became the first vice president to succeed to the presidency.
Detailed explanation-2: -In December 1973, two months after the resignation of Spiro Agnew, Ford became the first person appointed to the vice presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment. After the subsequent resignation of President Nixon in August 1974, Ford immediately assumed the presidency.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the 1960 campaign, Lyndon B. Johnson was elected Vice President as John F. Kennedy’s running mate. On November 22, 1963, when Kennedy was assassinated, Johnson was sworn in as the 36th United States President, with a vision to build “A Great Society” for the American people.
Detailed explanation-4: -After leaving the White House, they retired to Sherwood Plantation in Charles City County, Virginia, where they had seven children together. On the eve of the Civil War, former President Tyler served as a representative at the Peace Conference of 1861 but ultimately rejected the proposed resolutions.