Fortunately, those looking for anupdated biography of John Tyler will not be disappointedby Christopher Leahy's President without a Party. Book Reviews President without a Party: The Life of John Tyler *Christopher J. Leahy * Baton Rouge: Louisiana StateUniversity Press, 2020 * xvi, 492 pp. Tyler's subsequent actions aspresident rankled the Whig Party, but it was not becauseTyler had somehow changed his political philosophy.