Tippecanoe and Tyler too

Cultural  

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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Example Sentences

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

Log Morse cabin songs were heard, with shouts for "Tippecanoe, and Tyler too."

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin

The first gave him a name which became the slogan of the Whigs in the memorable campaign of "Tippecanoe and Tyler too."

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896 by Various

In the following summer, Lincoln's name was placed upon the Harrison electoral ticket for Illinois, and he lent all his zeal and eloquence to swell the general popular enthusiasm for "Tippecanoe and Tyler too."

From A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History by Nicolay, John George

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 Morris, Charles