David Gardiner Tyler

David Gardiner Tyler

David Gardiner Tyler (born July 12, 1846 in East Hampton , New York , † September 5, 1927 in Charles City County , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1893 and 1897 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

David Tyler was the son of former US President John Tyler and his wife Julia . He attended a private school in Charles City County and then studied at Washington College , the later Washington and Lee University in Lexington . During the Civil War , Tyler served in the Confederation Army from 1863 to 1865 . After the war he went to Europe for two years, where he studied at the Polytechnic School in Karlsruhe in what was then the Grand Duchy of Baden . After a subsequent law degree at Washington College and his admission to the bar in 1870, he began to work in Richmond in this profession. Between 1884 and 1887 he headed the state mental hospital in Williamsburg . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the Virginia Senate in 1891 and 1892 .

In the 1892 congressional election , Tyler was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded John W. Lawson on March 4, 1893 . After a re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1897 . In 1896 he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, David Tyler practiced law again. Between 1900 and 1904 he sat again in the Virginia Senate. From 1904 until his death he was a judge in the 14th judicial district of his state. He died on September 5, 1927 on his Sherwood Forest estate ; he had four children with his wife, Mary Jones.

Web links

• David Gardiner Tyler in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• David Gardiner Tyler in the database of Find a Grave (English)