It was on August 16, 1841 that President John Tyler stunned his fellow members of the Whig Party by using his constitutional powers to veto a bill to revive the Second Bank of the United States.Two days later, an angry drunken mob showed up at the White House late at night, firing guns and hanging Tyler in effigy in front of the mansion. The President was living there with his family, unprotected by security. Members of his family feared for their safety, according to accounts of the incident.