John Tyler ran on a Whig ticket even if he didn't personally identify as a Whig
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Replying to @arthur_affect @dylanmatt
but how long after Harrison died before the Whigs expelled Tyler & Harrison's Whig cabinet resigned en masse?
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Replying to @mistabaklava @dylanmatt
yes but if you're gonna argue "in practice" then in practice he was a Democrat
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Replying to @arthur_affect @dylanmatt
fair enough but still makes Tyler at least opportunistic in terms of party-affiliation, even if not truly ind
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Replying to @mistabaklava @dylanmatt
well, Andrew Johnson is a better example then
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that wasn't even a Republican ticket, they renamed the 1864 ticket the "National Union Party"
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Johnson never stopped thinking himself a Democrat but his rift w fellow Dems was much bigger than Tyler's
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said rift being an actual war
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