William Henry Harrison 1841. Qualifications General From The Battle of Tippecanoe “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too” Friend of the Common People – Born Wealthy.

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William Henry Harrison 1841

Qualifications General From The Battle of Tippecanoe “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too” Friend of the Common People – Born Wealthy – War Record and Frontier Log Cabin Made Him Seem Rugged 1 st Whig President 1 st President to Die in Office (Pneumonia)

John Tyler

Qualifications Supported States’ Rights Territorial Expansion Never Elected on His Own

Annexation of Texas Necessary to Preserve Slavery in the US Last Act Before Tyler Leaves Office

James K. Polk

Qualifications Born In Mecklenburg County, NC Democrat 17 th Speaker of the House Governor of Tennessee Defeated Henry Clay By Promising to Annex Texas and Invade Earliest President to Have Surviving Photos During Presidency

Henry Taylor

Qualifications Former General Victories in Mexican-American War Died 16 Months Into Term – Sickness From Raw Fruit – Rumors of Pro-Slavery Assassination Spread

Millard Fillmore

Qualifications Last Whig President Bottom 10 President Taylor’s Vice President – Took Over After Death Abolitionist Wanted No Slavery in Newly Gained Texas Territory

Franklin Pierce

Qualifications Only President From New Hampshire Northerner Who Felt For Southerners Ran a Successful Law Practice One of the Worst Presidents in US History Supported Kansas-Nebraska Act – Undid Missouri Compromise Did Not Actively Do Much Waiting For Civil War

James Buchanan

Qualifications Only President From Pennsylvania Only President to Remain Single Northerner Who Sympathized With Southerners Lawyer South Succeeded The Union – Illegal but Also Illegal to Stop Succession