Got a book from the library during my daughter's story time. It was a book written for probably middle schoolers, but I found it very informative. I didn't know how powerful John Tyler was as a president. He took over for William Henry Harrison, and many thought the vice president would assume the control of the country, but Congress would do most of the moving and shaking. Tyler felt he was president and insisted on taking the oath of office.
He wasn't the best political leader because he didn't know how to compromise, but he stuck to his guns even when powerful men like Henry Clay tried to take him down. A really underrated president.
