John Tyler The Worst President Essay

The worst President: John Tyler
The United States of America has had both best and worst presidents. Among the presidents, John Tyler is considered as one of the worst president U.S. has had. He was the first Vice-President given the opportunity of the President’s position without the election because of misfortune of President. He served as the tenth president from 1841 – 1845. He did not have the ability to work as a president and to handle all the responsibilities that came with the position. The main reason that people opposed him is because he supported slavery. Though people said he was a sensational man, he had a narrow mind and old-time mentality. He, being a national figure, used his power in a wrong way to support the slavery which the nation did not like so his both parties

abandoned him. The only reason he was able to get the position was the unfortune death of the president William Henry Harrison after the month of being president, so John Tyler is considered as one of the worst president.
The political journey of the John Tyler was not consistent, he had to tackle many hurdles on the way.

Supporting a Jefferson Republic, he started his political career. He was a U.S. Senator and he supported Andrew Jackson opposing the federalist. After that he joined with the Whig party to support his successor William Henry Harrison. He gained a lot of supporters for his campaign with William Henry Harrison. They won together. But after he got the position of United States, he changed his policies and overlooked his past values and promises. In the article named “A controversial President who established presidential succession” the author has stated “But soon after assuming his role in the White House, Tyler so offended his own party members that he was outcast from the Whig Party while still in office.” The people who supported him in the campaign were very unimpressed and left him after he changed his mind set. He got a lot of criticism after that. He was like a traitor to the county as he returned to his morals that supported Andrew Jackson, leaving the ideology of Whig Party. This proves that he was not trust worthy and people did not want power in the hands of the

traitor.
It was very difficult to trust John Tyler on anything. He was moody, treacherous, and he could go against anyone. He loved to exercise his power over people in a wrong way. Everyone had doubts regarding his abilities as a president. Even his own wife did not support him for the second term for the President. When he was a senator, he disapproved Jackson’s proposal of removing the government funds from the banks of America. Later, he forbade his own supporters and backstabbed them. There was an economic crisis in the nation which was because of the Andrew Jackson. During his time of presidency (1841 – 1845), there were possible mistakes he did that affected the economy of U.S. He was stern about the beliefs and would not change is mind. So, he disregarded the anti- slavery campaigns that went against is policies. In the book review “John Tyler: The Accidental President” the author writes, “Yet, despite an early moral aversion to slavery itself, Tyler conducted a proslavery foreign policy and supported secession to protect the potential expansion of slave territory—the tragedy of Tyler’s legacy” (321). He even had enslaved some people. Because of this, many people went against him and he lost many supporters. Instead of taking indecisive mistakes, if he had supported his one party, the economic problem of U.S. would have been solved at that time. John Tyler lacked every quality that a president should have, as he was untrustworthy and indecisive. So, John Tyler is one of the worst president of the United States.