James Hoge Tyler

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James Hoge Tyler (born August 11, 1846 in Blenheim , Caroline County , Virginia , †  January 3, 1925 in East Radford , Virginia) was an American politician and from 1898 to 1902 governor of the state of Virginia.

Early years

After his mother died in childbirth, James Tyler was raised by his maternal grandparents in Pulaski County . His grandfather, James Hoge , had been a general in the US Army . The Hoge family came from the British aristocracy. The family was also largely related to the British royal family. After his grandfather's death in 1861, James Tyler returned to live with his father in Caroline County.

Political rise

Despite his youth of 16, James Tyler joined the Confederate States Army in 1862 , fighting among ranks during the Civil War. After the war, he worked as a farmer in Pulaski County. Tyler became a member of the Democratic Party . He was a brief member of the Virginia Senate and between 1890 and 1894 as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia deputy to Governor Philip W. McKinney . In 1893 he could not assert himself within his party and not achieve the desired nomination for the office of governor. Then four years later he was more successful. He not only won the nomination, but also the subsequent gubernatorial elections.

Governor of Virginia

James Tyler took office on January 1, 1898. During his four-year tenure, the budget for the public schools was increased and a first State Labor Bureau was created. The Spanish-American War also fell during his term of office, to which Virginia had to make its contribution, but which was limited because of the brevity of the war.

Another résumé

After his governorship ended on January 1, 1902, Tyler returned to his agricultural and other private interests. He became president of the Virginia State Farmers Institute and a ranchers association. He was also the curator of a theological school and served on the board of Hampden-Sydney College and an orphanage. Tyler also served the Presbyterian Church throughout his life, and served on its board of directors several times. He was a delegate at their church meetings in Toronto in Canada and in Glasgow in Scotland . For the last few years of his life, Tyler studied the family history of his maternal ancestor, the Hoge family, the story of which he wrote was published posthumously in 1927, two years after his death. Since 1868, James Tyler was married to Sue Montgomery Hammett, with whom he had eight children.

literature

  • Robert Sobel and John Raimo (Eds.): Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978. Volume 4, Meckler Books, Westport, 1978. 4 volumes.

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