Julia Gardiner Tyler spent only seven months as First Lady; then she went to live in Virginia.
JGT: The Young Wife
One of the earliest photographs of Julia Gardiner Tyler.
Julia Gardiner (1820-1889) was only 24 when she married sitting President John Tyler, a recent widower. At 54, Tyler was still considered a fine figure of a man; tall, lean, an excellent horseman, graceful dancer (of mild dances), splendid orator, and a Southern charmer of the first order.
In middle age, President John Tyler was still a fine figure of a man.
The former Miss Gardiner, known to some as “The Rose of Long Island,” came from a wealthy New York family, had been educated at a fine finishing school, and had spent two years in Europe. She was also good looking. The thirty years that separated the “Rose” from the President, along with the seven children Tyler had with…
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