Tyler, Letitia

Tyler, Letitia

▪ American first lady
née  Letitia Christian  
born November 12, 1790, New Kent county, Virginia, U.S.
died September 10, 1842, at the White House, Washington, D.C.

      American first lady (1841–42), the first wife of John Tyler (Tyler, John), 10th president of the United States.

      Letitia Christian was the seventh of 12 children born to Robert Christian, a planter, and Mary Brown Christian. Although few records documenting her early life exist, historians have surmised that she met John Tyler—who grew up 14 miles (23 km) from her father's plantation—in about 1808. The couple wed on John's 23rd birthday, March 29, 1813.

      During their marriage, Letitia gave birth to eight children, seven of whom survived infancy. She devoted most of her time to her family and took little interest in her husband's political career. While John was governor of Virginia (1825–27), Letitia ran the state mansion, but a paralytic stroke suffered in 1839 left her unable to perform her duties as first lady when her husband became president in 1841. Her daughter-in-law, Priscilla Cooper Tyler, who had achieved recognition as an actress before her marriage, served as official White House hostess and quickly became popular for her receptions, formal dinners, and balls. Letitia attended only one White House function, the wedding of her daughter Elizabeth in 1842.

      After Letitia suffered a second stroke in 1842, her health deteriorated further, and she became the first president's wife to die in the White House. Her funeral was held in the East Room, and she was buried at Cedar Grove, the family cemetery on the Virginia plantation where she was born.

Betty Boyd Caroli

Additional Reading
A brief biography of Letitia Tyler is Melba Porter Hay, “Letitia (Christian) Tyler,” in Lewis L. Gould (ed.), American First Ladies: Their Lives and Their Legacy (1996), pp. 109–116. Books that focus on her husband or daughter-in-law but also treat Letitia's role include Oliver Perry Chitwood, John Tyler: Champion of the Old South (1939, reissued 1996); and Elizabeth Tyler Coleman, Priscilla Cooper Tyler and the American Scene, 1816–1889 (1955).

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