Tippecanoe and Tyler too

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1. A slogan from the presidential election of 1840. “Tippecanoe” was the Whig presidential candidate William Henry Harrison, a hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. John Tyler was the vice presidential candidate.

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Tippecanoe and Tyler too

Both men painted in the "Mad '40s," an era that was ushered in with the cry of "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" and went out with the California gold rush.

From Time Magazine Archive

The nights were rent with the shouts of "Tippecanoe and Tyler too," and scores of campaign songs were sung by tens of thousands of exultant, even if not always musical, voices.

From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Charles Morris

The cars were crowded to overflowing, and on reaching Richmond the younger part commenced cheering for "Old Tippecanoe and Tyler too."

From Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton by Various

The rally cry was "Hurrah for Tippecanoe and Tyler too."

From Autobiography of Z. S. Hastings by Z. S. Hastings

"Tippecanoe and Tyler too" had been one of the election cries.

From This Country of Ours by H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth) Marshall