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

"Tippecanoe and Tyler too" rang through the land as the whig watchword for the campaign.

From History of the United States, Volume 3 by Andrews, Elisha Benjamin

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

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

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

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