A history of Virginia for boys and girls . became President he went to the White Housefrom a farm, just as Washington had done. Wecan probably remember President Harrison most 3(^3 3^4 A HISTORY OF VIRGINIA easily by his nickname — *Old won his title by defeating the Indians in 1811on the Tippecanoe River, in Indiana. General Harrison was inaugurated Presidenton March 4, 1841, amid the high hopes of all hisfriends ; but just a month later he died. He was the first Presidentof the United Statesto die in office. According to theConstitution, he wassucceeded as soon aspossible by th
A history of Virginia for boys and girls . became President he went to the White Housefrom a farm, just as Washington had done. Wecan probably remember President Harrison most 3(^3 3^4 A HISTORY OF VIRGINIA easily by his nickname — *Old won his title by defeating the Indians in 1811on the Tippecanoe River, in Indiana. General Harrison was inaugurated Presidenton March 4, 1841, amid the high hopes of all hisfriends ; but just a month later he died. He was the first Presidentof the United Statesto die in office. According to theConstitution, he wassucceeded as soon aspossible by the Vice-President, who, inthis case, was JohnTyler, another Vir-ginian. In old Wil-liamsburg the houseis still pointed outwhere Mr. Tyler waswhen a messengerfrom Washingtoncame riding upand handed him aletter. The letter contained the news of Mr. Har-risons death ; and Mr. Tyler at once hurried toWashington and took the oath of office as was also a native of Charles City County,Virginia; but he and Harrison were living in. JOHN TYLER FOUR MORE VIRGINIA PRESIDENTS 365 different states (Virginia and Ohio) when theywere candidates on the same ticket. The cam-paign in which they were elected was an excitingone, for they had to run against Little Van(Van Buren), who was then President and whowas a clever politician. But the friends ofHarrison and Tyler invented a campaign cry thatseemed to have magic in it. It was **Tippe-canoe and Tyler too ! By shouting it and singingsongs of log cabins in the West, they won a greatvictory. Inasmuch as the majority in Congress did notusually agree with President Tyler, it was difficultfor them to work together; but in spite of thisseveral big things were done under his adminis-tration. Among these were the settlement of animportant boundary question with Canada andthe passing of the bill which offered Texas a placein the Union as a state. All this was in the period of growth and greatdifferences. The issues that were rising betwee
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