Joseph Lumley John Tyler
President John Tyler
President Tyler’s Life Term: 10 th president of the U.S. Born: March 29, 1790, Charles City County, Virginia Education: College of William and Mary Graduated: 1807 Career: Lawyer Religion: Episcopalian Political Affiliation: Democrat, Whig
President Tyler’s Family Marriage: March 29, 1813, to Letitia Christian ( ); June 26, 1844, to Julia Gardiner ( ) Children: Mary( ), Robert( ), John( ), Letitia( ), Elizabeth( ), Anne Contesse(1825), Alice( ), Tazewell( ), David Gardiner( ), Lachlan( ), Lyon Gardiner( ), Robert Fitzwalter( ), Pearl( )
Nicknames Accidental President His Accidency
Death Died January 18, 1862, Richmond, Virginia Buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
A Life in Brief John Tyler signaled the last gasp of the Old Virginia aristocracy in the White House. Born a few years after the American Revolution in 1790 to an old family from Virginia’s ruling class, Tyler graduated from the College of William and Mary at the age of seventeen, studied law, and went to work for a prestigious law firm in Richmond