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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.
Letitia Christian was raised on a Virginia plantation, where her main duty was supervising the slaves. She had no formal education, and was by most accounts devoutly religious. She was engaged to John Tyler , the son of Virginia's Governor, for five years, and he once told his friends he had first kissed her -- on the hand -- a few weeks before they were married.
- November 12, 1790
- September 10, 1842
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.
Letitia Christian Tyler. Lived: 1790-1842 Mrs. John Tyler . 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 took his oath of office as Vice President on March 4, 1841; indeed, he had planned to fill his undemanding duties from his ...
