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Letitia Tyler (née Christian; November 12, 1790 – September 10, 1842) was the first lady of the United States from 1841 to 1842 as the first wife of President John Tyler. After meeting in 1808, the two married in 1813.
Letitia Christian Tyler, first wife of President John Tyler, served as First Lady of the United States from 1841 until her death at 51. She was the youngest First Lady to pass...
Apr 25, 2024 · Letitia Tyler, American first lady (1841–42), the first wife of John Tyler, 10th president of the United States. Due to a paralytic stroke, she was unable to perform the duties of first lady, and she became the first president’s wife to die in the White House. Learn more about her life.
Nov 9, 2009 · Letitia Tyler (1790-1842) was an American first lady (1841-1842) and the first wife of John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States.
The first president’s wife to die in the White House, Letitia passed away from a stroke on September 10, 1842. She was taken to Virginia for burial at the plantation of her birth, deeply mourned by her family. Click here to learn more about the enslaved households of the Tyler family.
Letitia Christian Tyler, first wife of President John Tyler, served as First Lady of the United States from 1841 until her death at 51. She was the youngest First Lady to pass away and one of only three to have passed away in the White House.
Letitia Tyler (1790–1842) Born Cedar Grove, Virginia. 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.”.
On 7 February 1842, Letitia Christian Tyler made what is believed to be her only intentionally public appearance in the state rooms of the White House as First Lady at the marriage of her daughter Elizabeth to William N. Waller.
Letitia Tyler. By 1841, Letitia Christian Tyler, victim of a paralytic stroke, was an invalid. Yet her poor physical health, which she had endured for two years, did not prevent her from overseeing the finances of her family's successful Virginia plantation.
Tyler. Presidential First Lady. She was the wife of the 10th US President John Tyler, who served in office from April 1841 until March 1845. Born on the Cedar Grove Plantation near Richmond, Virginia, her father was a wealthy planter and a politician.
