. The authorized pictorial lives of Stephen Grover Cleveland and Thomas Andrews Hendricks. vetoed the National Bank Bill, againstthe constitutionality of which he had expressed himselfwhile in the Democratic party. A second bill of the samekind met with a veto, and Tyler was indignantly denouncedby the Whigs who had elected him. All the members ofhis Cabinet, except Daniel Webster, resigned. The northernboundary of the United States was settled under hisadministration. The Dorr Insurrection in Rhode Island occurred, and wassuppressed by United States troops. The question of Texanannexation als
. The authorized pictorial lives of Stephen Grover Cleveland and Thomas Andrews Hendricks. vetoed the National Bank Bill, againstthe constitutionality of which he had expressed himselfwhile in the Democratic party. A second bill of the samekind met with a veto, and Tyler was indignantly denouncedby the Whigs who had elected him. All the members ofhis Cabinet, except Daniel Webster, resigned. The northernboundary of the United States was settled under hisadministration. The Dorr Insurrection in Rhode Island occurred, and wassuppressed by United States troops. The question of Texanannexation also came up, and just two days before the expi-ration of his term of office, Tyler signed the bill for theadmission of Texas, and made certain the war withMexico. Of this dual administration the principal events were thedeath of Harrison, fixing the northern national boundary,repeal of the Sub-Treasury Bill, Tylers vetoes of theNational Bank Bill, the perfection of the magnetic tele-graph, the admission of Florida, the Dorr rebellion, and thethe annexation of Texas to the United ^-V^; v> -mi^ fW. W^ y^ 37G LITE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF JAMES K. POLK. James Knox Polk was born in North Carolina, November2, 1795, but was a resident of Tennessee when elected tothe Presidency. Polk was a man of only mediocre attain-ments, but was positive almost to dogmatism. By pro-fession he was a lawyer, but his practice was mostlythat of politics. At the time of his election he was butlittle known to the people, and was the first * dark horsecandidate in our politics. Since that day this move has been extensively practiced,especially amongst the Republicans, who seem averse toputting up their most prominent men. This presenting acomparatively unknown man is generally caused by com-promising the claims of two or more of the most able menseeking the nomination. Polk was thoroughly honest, and his bluntness gaveoffense to many, and estranged from him numerous politicalassociates and fr
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