LibGuides: U.S. First Ladies: Julia Tyler

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Occupation	U.S. First Lady (June 26, 1844 - March 4, 1845)
Date of Birth	May 4, 1820
Date of Death	July 10, 1889
Place of Birth	Gardiners Island, NY
Place of Death	Richmond, VA
Parents	Juliana M. Gardiner David Gardiner
Spouses	John Tyler
Number of Children	Seven

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Julia Tyler was born May 4, 1820 in Gardiners Island, New York. In 1844 for she married the widowed President John Tyler. She initiated the custom of having the president greeted with the anthem “Hail to the Chief,” and hired her own agent to enhance her press coverage. She devoted particular effort to successfully gaining congressional approval for the annexation of Texas.

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The First Ladies of the United States of America by Margaret B. Klapthor
Call Number: E176.2 .K53 1994
ISBN: 0912308516
Publication Date: 1994-01-01
Brief biographies and portraits of wives, sisters, daughters, nieces, and other relatives of Presidents who have served as White House hostesses, from Martha Washington to Hillary Clinton.
And Tyler too : a biography of John & Julia Gardiner Tyler. by Robert Seager
Call Number: E397.S43 1963
Publication Date: 1963
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U.S. First Ladies: Julia Tyler

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