Julia Tyler

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Julia Gardiner Tyler (born May 4, 1820 on Long Island , New York , † July 10, 1889 in Richmond , Virginia ) was the second wife of the tenth US President John Tyler and was the first lady of the United States from June 26, 1844 to March 4, 1845.

She was the daughter of Juliana McLachlan and David Gardiner; Julia came from rich and prominent New York families. From an early age she was prepared for life in the higher social classes. In 1842 the family moved to Washington, where they met John Tyler. Julia and the President got to know each other better under dramatic circumstances: During a demonstration of a new cannon called Peacemaker on a frigate, the gun exploded while Tyler, Julia and several other guests were below deck. Julia's father was one of the eight people killed in the explosion. The wedding with the president took place in 1844, at the age of 24 Julia was the youngest first lady in the USA up to this point.

Julia and John Tyler had seven children together, including the son David Gardiner Tyler (1846-1927), who represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives between 1893 and 1897 .

Julia wrote a defense of American slavery entitled " The Women of England vs. the Women of America ". The false statements contained therein (among other things Julia Tyler wrote of "happy slaves") so outraged the former slave Harriet Jacobs that she wrote a letter to the editor to the New York Tribune , which was to be the beginning of her career as an author.

Her husband died in 1862, shortly after the American Civil War began . As a result of the war, she lost the 60 slaves who had been forced to work on the Tylers' estates.

She spent her final years in Richmond and was buried in the Hollywood Cemetery there.

literature

  • Ronald D. Gerste: The First Ladies of the USA . Pustet, Regensburg 2000. ISBN 3-7917-1685-9 .
  • Christopher J. Leahy, Sharon William Leahy: The Ladies of Tippecanoe, and Tyler Too. In Katherine AS Sibley (Ed.): A Companion to First Ladies. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester 2016, ISBN 978-1-118-73222-9 , pp. 142-158.
  • Robert Seager: And Tyler Too: A Biography of John and Julia Gardiner Tyler , New York 1999, McGraw-Hill.

Remarks

  1. ^ Jean Fagan Yellin: Harriet Jacobs: A Life . Basic Civitas Books, January 26, 2005, ISBN 978-0-465-09289-5 , pp. 122-123.
  2. ↑ DEATH OF EX-PRESIDENT TYLER. . In: The New York Times , January 22, 1862. Retrieved May 2, 2017. 
  3. ^ The Gardiner Will Case; A decision in equity . In: New York Times , May 1, 1867. Retrieved February 20, 2017. 

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personal data
SURNAME Tyler, Julia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gardiner, Julia (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American first lady (1844–1845), second wife of President John Tyler
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Long Island , New York
DATE OF DEATH July 10, 1889
Place of death Richmond , Virginia