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John Tyler is the first president to become so after the death of his predecessor, William Henry Harrison. He also has the ignominy of being the only president kicked out of his own party, was perceived as a Whig In Name Only and his greatest ambition of Manifest Destiny was taken by James K Polk. But what if he wasn't a WINO, but remained part of his old Democrat party for whatever reason? Let's just say that the presidencies stay constant up until Harrison, who dies and someone else becomes 10th president(Daniel Webster perhaps?). Might Tyler be able to become president in his own right, even taking Polk's position in history? If not, what kind of political career might he have? Besides the obvious of Harrison's successor, how might this change things? Might Tyler break out of the obscurity he languishes in IOTL?
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