Top 10 March 29 Birthdays
Dishonorable Mention: March 29, 1790: John Tyler. Ordinarily, if a birthday is held by only one President of the United States, that President would be Number 1 on the list. But Tyler was not like other Presidents. He served Virginia in both houses of Congress, and as Governor in between. In 1840, despite having been a member of the Democratic Party, he was nominated for Vice President by the Whig Party, along with William Henry Harrison, known as "Old Tippecanoe" for his victory at that Indiana battle. It was the 1st of many rhyming slogans in American Presidential campaigns: "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too." They won, but when Harrison died on April 4, 1841, Tyler became the 1st Vice President to become President, the 10th President of the United States. Having already upset the Democrats, he told the Cabinet that he, not they -- especially Secretary of State Daniel Webster, a longtime Senator who never tried to run for President -- would be running the country. This ...