The new Whig Party nominated Tyler as vice president only to appeal to Southern voters. When the president died and Tyler became chief executive, some called him “His Accidency.”
Andrew Jackson, the seventh president, was unlike the earlier U.S. presidents. His family was poor, he had little education, and he lived on what was then the western part of the country. His image as a military hero and man of the people made him a popular choice for the presidency.