Whigs Expel Tyler After Bank Vetoes Reveal States' Rights Corruption Agenda
The Whig congressional caucus expelled President John Tyler from the party on September 13, 1841, after he vetoed national bank legislation for the second time in August, revealing that one of the main political principles guiding him was states’ rights ideology and protection of slavery …
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