March 3

Aside from being the last American member of the Whig party to serve in public office and the first Vice-President to rise to the Presidency upon the death of the incumbent, President John Tyler was also the first president to have his veto overridden by both houses of Congress. Tyler had vetoed a bill relating to revenue cutters and steamers on February 20th in 1845 and both the Senate and the House, in an uncharacteristic burst of energy, wasted no time in voting to override this veto on the 3rd of March in 1845