![]() ![]() A more modern case was the arrival of Lyndon Johnson to the Oval Office after John F. Therewith a chain of events was set in motion that would splinter the Whigs and turn a powerful potential ally, Henry Clay, into a foe: “While Clay sought reconciliation from Harrison,” writes Cohen ( Children of Jihad: A Young American's Travels Among the Youth of the Middle East, 2007, etc.), “he was prepared to wage war with Tyler.” It wouldn’t be the first time the elevation of a vice president to chief office would rupture old relations, as the author documents. William Henry Harrison lasted only a month as president before succumbing to pneumonia in 1841, thrusting his vice president, John Tyler, into office. ![]() An examination of the problems of presidential succession in American history, which in numerous cases has been anything but orderly. ![]()
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