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Category Archives: John Tyler
1861: A Year of Six Presidents
Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration in 1861 set many precedents. Presidential Precedents. Abraham Lincoln was a President of many firsts: The first POTUS born west of the Appalachian Mountains (KY); the elected first from Illinois; the first elected by popular plurality in … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, John Tyler, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin Pierce, history, James Buchanan, Jefferson Davis, John Tyler, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, President Abraham Lincoln, President Franklin Pierce, President James Buchanan, President John Tyler, President Martin Van Buren, President Millard Fillmore, Presidential history, US history White House history
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John Tyler Woos MRS. Gardiner
Mr. and Mrs. Tyler 1: On his twenty-third birthday, John Tyler (1790-1861) married Miss Letitia Christian, the daughter of a wealthy pedigreed Virginia family. The courtship was traditional, the marriage bore fruit: eight little Tyler’s made an appearance, seven living … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, John Tyler, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, David Gardiner, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, First Lady Julia Tyler, First Lady Letitia Tyler, history, John Tyler, Julia Gardiner Tyler, Juliana Lachlan Gardiner, Letitia Christian Tyler, Miss Julia Gardiner, President John Tyler, Presidential history, Presidential wives, The Princeton Disaster of 1844, US history, White House history
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Julia Tyler’s Premonition
Julia Gardiner Tyler spent only seven months as First Lady; then she went to live in Virginia. JGT: The Young Wife Julia Gardiner (1820-1889) was only 24 when she married sitting President John Tyler, a recent widower. At 54, Tyler … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, John Tyler
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, firing on Fort Sumter, First Ladies history, First Lady Julia Tyler, history, John and Julia Tyler, John Tyler, Julia Gardiner Tyler, Mrs. John Tyler, President John Tyler, Presidential history, Sherwood Forest, the death of John Tyler, The Dred Scott Decision, The second Mrs. John Tyler, Uncle Tom's Cabin, US history, White House history
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President John Tyler Elopes!
John Tyler was a man of Firsts. The First Vice President-to-President, the First President to remarry, and the President with the most children – fourteen. The President John Tyler became President in April, 1841, only one month after William Henry … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, John Tyler
Tagged American history, David Gardiner, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, First Lady Julia Tyler, history, John Tyler, John Tyler's family, Julia Gardiner, Julia Gardiner Tyler, Julia's father, President John Tyler, Sherwood Forest plantation, THe "Princeton" disaster, The gunboat Princeton, The Princeton gunboat explosion, The Rose of Long Island, The second Mrs. John Tyler, US history, White House history
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Julia Tyler: Fashionista
About five years before becoming a First Lady, a nineteen-year-old Julia Gardiner was featured in an actual advertising promotion. Miss Julia Gardiner Julia Gardiner was pretty, socially prominent, and very very rich. Her father, Senator David Gardiner, was a “Gardiner … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, John Tyler
Tagged American history, Bogert And Mecamly, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, First Lady Julia Tyler, Gardiner's Island, history, John Tyler, Julia Gardiner, Julia Gardiner Tyler, Julia Tyler, President John Tyler, President Tyler, President TYler's Second Wife, Presidential history, Presidential wives, Rose of Long Island, US history, White House history
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