S2E07 - The worse the president, the better the gossip. John Tyler was made vice president under William Henry Harrison almost as an afterthought. Throw in an untimely death, and this Virginia-born brat takes the highest seat in the land. He fathered 15 children, was fiercely oppositional, fell in love while president, and was kicked out of his political party. This episode has everything a gossip-loving presidential history buff could ask for: a secret wedding, a deadly cruise party, a stepmother younger than her stepchildren, and dying as a traitor!

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Produced and Edited by Trent Thomson and Marissa Macy

Sources:

President without a Party: The Life of John Tyler by Christopher J Leahy

John Tyler, the Accidental President by Edward P. Crapol