Results: USA Presidential Facts (John Tyler 1841-1845)

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Did you know he was known for having the most children (15 with two wives) of any president, marrying while in office, and, remarkably, having a grandson alive as of 2021 ?
Yes
14%
206 votes
No
86%
1240 votes
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Did you know he kept a mockingbird as a pet in the White House, and it would sing all day long, adding a cheerful sound to his presidency ?
Yes
12%
178 votes
No
88%
1268 votes
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Did you know his administration's biggest achievement was the annexation of Texas in 1845 ?
Yes
14%
201 votes
No
86%
1245 votes
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Did you know in September 1841, President John Tyler became the only U.S. president to be formally expelled from his own political party after vetoing multiple bank bills central to the Whig party agenda ? (The Whigs, led by Henry Clay, felt betrayed by Tyler's strict states'-rights, anti-bank stance. This banishment made him a president without a party, resulting in his cabinet resigning and his political isolation.)
Yes
11%
153 votes
No
89%
1293 votes
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Did you know he died during the Civil War, and he was, at the time of his death, a supporter of the Confederacy and holds the unusual distinction of having been the only president whose death was not memorialized by the federal government ?
Yes
10%
145 votes
No
90%
1301 votes

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