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Letitia and John Tyler moved into the White House after President Harrison died one month into his term in 1841 and Tyler unexpectedly succeeded as president. The 50-year-old Letitia had suffered a stroke just a few years earlier, which left her partially paralyzed.
Home. Letitia Christian Tyler, born Letitia Christian (November 12, 1790-September 10, 1842), first wife of John Tyler, was First Lady of the United States from 1841 until her death. Letitia Tyler had been confined to an invalid's chair for two years when her husband unexpectedly became President. Nobody had thought of that possibility when he ...
Letitia Christian Tyler spent most of her married life raising seven children and managing a busy plantation household east of Richmond, Virginia. In 1839, a stroke left her partially paralyzed, requiring the use of a “rolling chair.” Two years later, her husband, Vice President John Tyler, became president after William Henry Harrison’s sudden death. At the White House, she spent most ...
United States First Lady Letitia Christian Tyler was the first wife of John Tyler, and the first president's wife to die in the White House. The daughter of a wealthy Virginia plantation owner, she met Tyler in 1808 and married him in 1813.
7 de mar. de 2009 · Letitia Christian Tyler, wife of President John Tyler, is buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery a mile northeast. Born on 12 November 1790, a daughter of Robert and Mary Browne Christian, she married John Tyler at her home, Cedar Grove, on 29 March 1813. Her husband served as a congressman (1817-1821), governor of Virginia (1825-1827), senator (1827 ...
In 1827 Tyler was elected to the Senate. As he had while in Congress and like other legislators at the time, he lived in a Washington boarding house and Letitia remained back at their Virginia home. However, she did spend the winter of 1828-29 in Washington and there was complimented on her “beauty of person and eloquence of manner.”.
Letitia Tyler, née Letitia Christian le 12 novembre 1790 et morte le 10 septembre 1842, était l'épouse du président des États-Unis John Tyler. Elle occupa le poste de Première dame des États-Unis entre 1841 et 1842, jusqu'à sa mort.
