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John Tyler, 10th President of the United States





Term[]

  • March 3, 1835 - December 6, 1835 (9 months, as President pro tempore of the US Senate)
  • Preceded by George Poindexter
  • Succeeded by William R.D. King
  • March 4, 1827 - February 29, 1836 (8 years, as US Senator from Virginia)
  • Preceded by John Randolph
  • Succeeded by William Cabell Rives
  • December 11, 1825 - March 4, 1827 (1 year, as 28th Governor of Virginia)
  • Preceded by James Pleasants
  • Succeeded by William Branch Giles
  • December 17th, 1816 - March 3, 1821 (4 years, as US Representative from Virginia's 23rd District)
  • Preceded by John Clopton
  • Succeeded by Andrew Stevenson


Life Data[]

  • John Tyler IV
  • Born March 29, 1790 (Greenway, Virginia)
  • Died January 18, 1862 (71 years)
  • Education: College of William and Mary (BA 1807)
  • Occupation: Lawyer, Planter, Politician
  • Military Service: 1812-13 (1 year, Captain, Virginia Militia)
  • Political Party: Democratic-Republican (1811-28), Democratic (1828-34), Whig (1834-62)


Immediate Family[]

  • Father: John Tyler III (1747-1813)
  • Mother: Mary Marot Armistead (1761-97)


  • Sibling 1: Anne Contesse Tyler (1778-1803)
  • m.1795 James Semple (1768-1834)
  • Children: 2 sons, 3 daughters
  • Sibling 2: Elizabeth Armistead Tyler (1780-1824)
  • m.1798 John Pryor (1774-1846)
  • Children: 3 sons, 6 daughters
  • Sibling 3: Martha Jefferson Tyler (1782-1855)
  • m.1800 Thomas Waggaman (1778-1832)
  • Children: 3 sons, 5 daughters
  • Sibling 4: Maria Henry Tyler (1784-1843)
  • m.1800 John Seawell (1780-1850)
  • Children: 6 sons, 1 daughter
  • Sibling 5: Wat Henry Tyler (1788-1862)
  • m.1812 Elizabeth Walker (1789-1820)
  • Children: 3 sons, 1 daughter
  • m.1829 Margaret Govan (1792-1865)
  • Children: 1 son, 1 daughter
  • Sibling 6: William Arthur Tyler (1792-1856)
  • SIbling 7: Christiana Booth Tyler (1795-1842)
  • m.1813 Henry Curtis (1793-1862)
  • Children: 3 sons, 3 daughters


  • Paternal Grandfather: John Tyler Jr. (1710-73)
  • Paternal Grandmother: Anne Contesse (1712-74)


  • Maternal Grandfather: Robert Booth Armistead (1737-66)
  • Maternal Grandmother: Anne Shields (1742-97)


First Wife: Letitia Christian[]

  • Born November 12, 1790
  • Father: Robert Christian (1760-1822)
  • Mother: Mary Eaton Brown (1765-1822)
  • Siblings: Robert, Mary, Elizabeth, Susan, Alice, Anne, John, William, Anne, Janetta, Minerva, Anna, Jones
  • Died September 10, 1842 (51 years)
  • Marriage: March 29, 1813 - September 10, 1842 (29 years, widowed)


Child 1: Mary Tyler[]

  • Born April 15, 1815
  • Died June 17, 1847 (32 years)
  • Husband: Henry Lightfoot Jones (1801-65)
  • Marriage: December 24, 1835 - June 17, 1847 (11 years, died)


  • Child 1: John Jones (1836-37)
  • Child 2: Henry Lightfoot Jones Jr. (1838-90)
  • Child 3: Robert Tyler Jones (1843-95)
  • m.1891 Sally Gresham (1868-1953)
  • Children: 1 son
  • Child 4: Elizabeth Jones (1847-47)


Child 2: Robert Tyler[]

  • Born September 9, 1816
  • Died December 3, 1877 (61 years)
  • Wife: Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper (1816-89)
  • Marriage: September 12, 1839 - December 3, 1877 (38 years, died)


  • Child 1: Mary Fairlie Tyler (1840-45)
  • Child 2: Letitia Christian Tyler (1842-1924)
  • Child 3: John Tyler (1844-45)
  • Child 4: Grace Rae Tyler (1845-1919)
  • m.1863 John Scott Jr. (1831-94)
  • Children: 3 sons, 3 daughters
  • Child 5: Thomas Cooper Tyler (1848-49)
  • Child 6: Priscilla Cooper Tyler (1849-1936)
  • m.1869 Albert Goodwyn (1842-1931)
  • Children: 3 sons, 2 daughters
  • Child 7: Elizabeth Tyler (1852-1928)
  • m.1870 Franklin Tarbox (1843-70)
  • m.1871 Thomas Foster (1845-1915)
  • Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter
  • Child 8: Julia Campbell Tyler (1854-84)
  • m.1874 Henry Tyson (1845-87)
  • Children: 1 son, 2 daughters
  • Child 9: Robert Tyler Jr. (1857-1939)


Child 3: John Tyler V[]

  • Born April 27, 1819
  • Died January 26, 1896 (76 years)
  • Wife: Martha Frances Rochelle (1820-67)
  • Marriage: October 25, 1838 - January 11, 1867 (28 years, widowed)


  • Child 1: James Rochelle Tyler (1839-1902)
  • Child 2: Letitia Christian Tyler (1844-63)
  • m.1860 William Shands (1820-1906)
  • Children: 1 son
  • Child 3: Martha Rochelle Tyler (1846-1928)


Child 4: Letitia Christian Tyler[]

  • Born May 11, 1821
  • Died December 28, 1907 (86 years)
  • Husband: James Allen Semple (1817-70)
  • Marriage: February 21, 1839 - December 25, 1870 (31 years, widowed)


Child 5: Elizabeth Tyler[]

  • Born July 11, 1823
  • Died June 1, 1850 (26 years)
  • Husband: William Nevison Waller (1821-70)
  • Marriage: January 31, 1842 - June 1, 1850 (8 years, died)


  • Child 1: William Griffin Waller (1843-94)
  • m.1863 Jennie Howell (1844-76)
  • Children: 1 son, 2 daughters
  • m.1878 Elizabeth Austin (1857-1931)
  • Children: 1 son, 1 daughter
  • Child 2: John Tyler Waller (1845-65)
  • Child 3: Thomas Waller (1847-47)
  • Child 4: Letitia Waller (1847-49)
  • Child 5: Elizabeth Tyler Waller (1848-48)
  • Child 6: Mary Stuart Waller (1849-1910)
  • m.1867 Louis Young (1833-1922)
  • Children: 3 sons
  • Child 7: Robert Tyler Waller (1850-1920)
  • m.1878 Emily Johnston (1847-1932)
  • Children: 1 son


Child 6: Anne Contesse Tyler[]

  • Born April 5, 1825
  • Died July 1, 1825 (2 months)


Child 7: Alice Tyler[]

  • Born March 23, 1827
  • Died June 8, 1854 (27 years)
  • Husband: Henry Mandeville Denison (1822-58)
  • Marriage: June 11, 1850 - June 8, 1854 (3 years, widowed)


  • Child 1: Elizabeth Russell Denison (1851-1928)
  • m.1886 William Allen (1848-91)
  • Children: 1 son, 1 daughter
  • m.1893 James Williams (1849-1918)


Child 8: Tazewell Tyler[]

  • Born December 6, 1830
  • Died January 8, 1874 (43 years)
  • Wife: Nannie Elizabeth Bridges (1833-1927)
  • Marriage: December 6, 1857 - January 8, 1874 (16 years, died)


  • Child 1: James Semple Tyler (1858-1930)
  • m.1879 Mary Costa (1860-1957)
  • Children: 1 son
  • Child 2: Martha Tyler (1859-1943)


Second Wife: Julia Gardiner[]

  • Born May 4, 1820
  • Father: David Gardiner (1784-1844)
  • Mother: Juliana MacLachlan (1799-1864)
  • Siblings: David, Alexander, Margaret
  • Died July 10, 1889 (69 years)
  • Marriage: June 26, 1844 - January 18, 1862 (17 years, died)


Child 9: David Gardiner Tyler[]

  • Born July 12, 1846
  • Died September 5, 1927 (81 years)
  • Wife: Mary Morris Jones (1865-1931)
  • Marriage: June 6, 1894 - September 5, 1927 (33 years, died)


  • Child 1: Mary Lyon Tyler (1895-1975)
  • m.1926 George Gamble (1899-1986)
  • Children: 1 daughter
  • Child 2: Margaret Gardiner Tyler (1897-1981)
  • m.1919 Stephen Chadwick (1895-1975)
  • Children: 1 son, 1 daughter
  • Child 3: David Gardiner Tyler Jr. (1899-1983)
  • m.1930 Anne Shelton (1900-77)
  • Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter
  • m.1981 Marion McWhorter (1900-96)
  • Child 4: James Alfred Jones Tyler (1903-74)
  • m.1940 Katherine Thomason (1909-67)
  • Children: 1 son, 2 daughters
  • Child 5: John Tyler (1905-07)


Child 10: John Alexander Tyler[]

  • Born April 7, 1848
  • Died September 1, 1883 (35 years)
  • Wife: Sarah Griswold Gardiner (1848-1927)
  • Marriage: August 5, 1875 - September 1, 1883 (8 years, died)


  • Child 1: Lillian Gardiner Tyler (1879-1918)
  • m.1910 Albin Margraf (1873-1924)
  • Children: 1 daughter
  • Child 2: Samuel Gardiner Tyler (1879-92)


Child 11: Julia Gardiner Tyler[]

  • Born December 15, 1849
  • Died May 8, 1871 (21 years)
  • Husband: William Henry Spencer Jr. (1840-90)
  • Marriage: February 24, 1869 - May 8, 1871 (2 years, died)


  • Child 1: William Henry Spencer III (1869-69)
  • Child 2: Julia Tyler Spencer (1871-1955)
  • m.1892 George Fleurot (1866-1910)
  • Children: 1 daughter
  • m.1912 Durant Cheever (1873-1940)


Child 12: Lachlan Gardiner Tyler[]

  • Born December 2, 1851
  • Died January 26, 1902 (50 years)
  • Wife: Georgia Webb Powell (1858-1930)
  • Marriage: November 2, 1878 - January 26, 1902 (23 years, died)


Child 13: Lyon Gardiner Tyler[]

  • Born August 24, 1853
  • Died February 12, 1935 (81 years)
  • First Wife: Anne Baker Tucker (1855-1921)
  • Marriage: November 14, 1878 - November 2, 1921 (42 years, widowed)


  • Child 1: Julia Gardiner Tyler (1881-1965)
  • m.1911 James Wilson (1880-1963)
  • Children: 2 daughters
  • Child 2: Elizabeth Gilmer Tyler (1885-1976)
  • m.1907 Alfred Miles (1883-1956)
  • Children: 1 son
  • Child 3: John Tyler (1886-1969)
  • m.1915 Mary Parker (1894-1992)


  • Second Wife: Susan Harrison Ruffin (1889-1953)
  • Marriage: September 12, 1923 - February 12, 1935 (11 years, died)


  • Child 4: Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr. (1925-2020)
  • m.1958 Lucy Pope (1924-2001)
  • Children: 1 daughter
  • Child 5: Harrison Ruffin Tyler (1928-)
  • m.1957 Frances Bouknight (1933-2019)
  • Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter
  • Child 6: Henry Tyler (1931-31)


Child 14: Robert Fitzwalter Tyler[]

  • Born March 12, 1856
  • Died December 30, 1927 (71 years)
  • Wife: Frannie Glinn (1849-1916)
  • Marriage: September 12, 1879 - January 6, 1916 (36 years, widowed)


Child 15: Margaret Pearl Tyler[]

  • Born June 12, 1860
  • Died June 30, 1947 (87 years)
  • Husband: William Munford Ellis (1846-1921)
  • Marriage: November 13, 1884 - September 10, 1921 (36 years, widowed)


  • Child 1: Pearl Tyler Ellis (1885-1979)
  • Child 2: John Tyler Ellis (1887-1966)
  • m.1936 Helen Rogers (1900-83)
  • Child 3: Leila MacLachlan Ellis (1888-1968)
  • m.1920 Ambrose Marye (1887-1972)
  • Children: 1 son
  • Child 4: Cornelia Horsford Ellis (1890-1978)
  • m.1916 Yelverton Booker (1889-1979)
  • Child 5: Gardiner Tyler Ellis (1892-1969)
  • Child 6: William Munford Ellis Jr. (1895-1958)
  • m.1928 Ruth Woods (1901-74)
  • Child 7: Julia Fleurot Ellis (1897-1988)
  • m.1924 William Robinson (1892-1962)
  • Children: 2 daughters
  • Child 8: Lyon Alexander Ellis (1900-54)
  • m.1952 Margaret Northcross (1910-95)

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