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Tippecanoe and Tyler too
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.
Example Sentences
Oh, there is one more bit of trivia about the man who gave us the slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too.”
With Levi Morton as his running mate, he also took a note from his grandfather’s 1840 campaign slogan – “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too” – recasting it as “Tippecanoe and Morton Too.”
In 1840, John Tyler was the running mate — and the second half of the campaign slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too” — of Whig Party presidential candidate William Henry Harrison.
The same Democratic newspapers that had pilloried the Whig presidential ticket of “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too” defended Tyler and attacked Botts.
As one observer noted, “There was more rhyme than reason” to the famous campaign slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too.”
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