Vice President Gaffe

The 1st runner up can step up if the Queen falters.  The Deputy can stand in for the Manager.  They are chosen with that possiblitiy in mind.   In fact every ’second’ is selected with the ‘just in case’ mindset.

Except Vice President of the United States.

One would have thought that after William Henry Harrison died in office and John Tyler became President,  the importance of who is on the ticket  would be evident.  Nahhh.   And if Tyler hasn’t shocked the American system, no one would.

Although he was a member of the  Democratic-Republican Party,  John Tyler was elected Vice President on the Whig ticket.

When  Harrison died, only a month after inauguration, there was  confusion regarding the process of succession. Obviously the Vice President would take over. took the oath of office on April 6, 1841.  The procedure of succession would eventually be codified in the Twenty-fifth Amendment.

As President, John Tyler stood against everything Harrison had used as a platform.  He vetoed many proposals, and most of the cabinet resigned, and the Whigs expelled him.  Which was no biggie to Tyler as he’d always been a Dem-Rep.

The only positive thing he did was annex the Republic of Texas in 1845.

When his term was up, no one would run him for dog catcher.  At least in the United States. 
It wasn’t until the Civil War until Tyler again held office; this time for the Confederacy

One would have assumed that in 1845 the mindset was to be insuring that whomever was selected as the running mate for the Presidential candidate was someone who could have been the Presidential candidate .

Nope.

It you think Tyler was bad; you ain’t seen Millard Fillmore