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- catalog abstract ""Why did John Tyler pursue what appears to have been a politically self-destructive course with regard to both his first party, the Democrats, and his later political alliance, the Whigs? Was it on the grounds of principle, as he asserted? And if so, what principles? Dan Monroe has set out to explain the beliefs that commanded such overwhelming fealty from Tyler that they led to his resigning his Senate seat and exercising politically suicidal presidential vetoes." "Monroe traces the origins of Tyler's political philosophy in his early years in the Virginia legislature and the U.S. House of Representatives before examining the crises Tyler faced during his term in the House: the Panic of 1819, the financially tottering national bank, and the Missouri debate. In surveying Tyler's Senate career, Monroe examines his conflict with President Andrew Jackson, the tariff controversy with South Carolina, and the Removal crisis." "Finally, Monroe turns from the establishment of Tyler's philosophical moorings and attitudes to their implementation during his term as president. He persuasively surveys a number of key events, such as the bank vetoes of 1841, the additional vetoes of the tariff in 1842, and the annexation of Texas. His intent is to find the unifying thread of principle shaped in the earlier years that make sense of these controversial presidential actions. A portrait emerges of "a man struggling to maintain a treasured philosophical worldview amidst an unforgiving political maelstrom.""--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12746437.
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1815-1861.".
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1841-1845.".
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""Finally, Monroe turns from the establishment of Tyler's philosophical moorings and attitudes to their implementation during his term as president. He persuasively surveys a number of key events, such as the bank vetoes of 1841, the additional vetoes of the tariff in 1842, and the annexation of Texas. His intent is to find the unifying thread of principle shaped in the earlier years that make sense of these controversial presidential actions. A portrait emerges of "a man struggling to maintain a treasured philosophical worldview amidst an unforgiving political maelstrom.""--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""Monroe traces the origins of Tyler's political philosophy in his early years in the Virginia legislature and the U.S. House of Representatives before examining the crises Tyler faced during his term in the House: the Panic of 1819, the financially tottering national bank, and the Missouri debate. In surveying Tyler's Senate career, Monroe examines his conflict with President Andrew Jackson, the tariff controversy with South Carolina, and the Removal crisis."".
- catalog description ""Why did John Tyler pursue what appears to have been a politically self-destructive course with regard to both his first party, the Democrats, and his later political alliance, the Whigs? Was it on the grounds of principle, as he asserted? And if so, what principles? Dan Monroe has set out to explain the beliefs that commanded such overwhelming fealty from Tyler that they led to his resigning his Senate seat and exercising politically suicidal presidential vetoes."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-242) and index.".
- catalog description "Republican Genesis -- Defending the Republican Vision -- A Jeffersonian Republican in the Age of Jackson -- Honor, Consistency, and the Presidency -- The Terrible Tariff and Distribution Too -- Prelude to Annexation -- Tyler and Texas.".
- catalog extent "x, 252 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Republican vision of John Tyler.".
- catalog identifier "158544216X (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Republican vision of John Tyler.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "College Station : Texas A&M University Press,".
- catalog relation "Republican vision of John Tyler.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1815-1861.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1841-1845.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973.5/8/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "E397 .M66 2003".
- catalog subject "Presidents United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Tyler, John, 1790-1862 Political and social views.".
- catalog subject "Tyler, John, 1790-1862.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Republican Genesis -- Defending the Republican Vision -- A Jeffersonian Republican in the Age of Jackson -- Honor, Consistency, and the Presidency -- The Terrible Tariff and Distribution Too -- Prelude to Annexation -- Tyler and Texas.".
- catalog title "The republican vision of John Tyler / Dan Monroe.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".