This is a tough question. Which of these men (Tyler, Fillmore, Johnson, Arthur) was the best when he surprisingly became President? I can make a case for three of the four. I will post the results here in a week when the poll closes.
UPDATE:
This poll has closed and we have a tie between Tyler and Arthur. Johnson and Fillmore ran a distant third and fourth. Tyler established that a Vice-President did become the President when a vacancy in that office happened. Arthur proved to be a top notch reformer of the civil service. I can argue for Johnson too. Maybe he was not a great president but he did keep the Radical Republicans from punishing the south too harshly after the Civil War. His presidency gave people some time to cool off.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Poll: Which of these 19th century Vice-Presidents did the best when he unexpectedly became President?
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