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Grandson of 10th US President John Tyler, who left the White House 180 years ago, dead at 96
NY Post ^ | 05/28/2025 | Anthony Blair

Posted on 05/28/2025 2:59:09 PM PDT by DFG

The grandson of the 10th President of the United States, John Tyler, has died at 96 — 180 years after his grandfather was last in the White House.

Harrison Ruffin Tyler, the son of President Tyler’s 13th child, Lyon Gardiner Tyler, died on Sunday evening at a Virginia nursing home, ending the last living link to an 18th-century presidential administration.

When he was born on Nov. 9, 1928, his father was 75 years old.

Having children into old age was a family trait, as President Tyler was 63 when Lyon was born.

President Tyler would go on to have two more children before he died in 1862 age 71.

Born into a prominent slaveholding Virginia family in 1790, John Tyler served as President William Henry Harrison’s vice president on the Whig ticket in 1840.

He became president after Harrison died just 31 days into his term.

While in office, Tyler was a believer in manifest destiny, and signed a bill offering Texas statehood shortly before leaving office.

But he fell out with the Whig Party, who chose not to nominate him for reelection, instead opting for Henry Clay, who lost to the Democrat James K. Polk.

He fathered more children than any other American president, including eight with his first wife, Letitia Christian, and seven with his second, Julia Gardiner, whom he married in 1844 — two years after Letitia died of a stroke.

Harrison Ruffin Tyler was a feature of curiosity from a young age due to his ties to America’s past.

At age 8, he was invited to the White House to meet FDR, and Lady Nancy Astor paid his $5,000 tuition fees at William & Mary College even though the two had never met.

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TOPICS: History
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1 posted on 05/28/2025 2:59:09 PM PDT by DFG
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2 posted on 05/28/2025 3:06:45 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: DFG

Interesting history...


3 posted on 05/28/2025 3:07:09 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: DFG

We were in DC and wanted to go to the homestead when both brothers were alive a couple years ago but it was quite a drive from where we were staying.


4 posted on 05/28/2025 3:08:21 PM PDT by Mean Daddy
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To: DFG

That almost seems surreal. His father was 77 when he was born, which also seems surreal. 😋


5 posted on 05/28/2025 3:08:31 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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Tyler was the first VP to take over for the first President that died in office.

As usual, even back then, many in Congress challenged his ascension to President. Probably Democrats. The new Constitution be damned.


6 posted on 05/28/2025 3:10:39 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: Robert DeLong

The actor Tony Randall had one around 72.


7 posted on 05/28/2025 3:11:27 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: DFG

Tippecanoe and...


8 posted on 05/28/2025 3:12:40 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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He also had a historic lineage on the side of his mother, Susan Ruffin Tyler, and was a direct descendant of Pocahontas.

As one wag noted in the comments to the article, "Oh, so that means he was related to Elizabeth Warren?" 😂😂😂

9 posted on 05/28/2025 3:13:05 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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This guy who was alive in 2025 had a granddad who was born in 1790. Wow.


10 posted on 05/28/2025 3:17:38 PM PDT by FreeReign
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Amazing to think he had a Grandfather who was alive when George Washington was President.


11 posted on 05/28/2025 3:24:25 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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My grandfather fought in the Civil War. He lived in Maine.

He was 70 when he fathered my dad.


12 posted on 05/28/2025 3:29:32 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Fledermaus

Most guys have live ammo until they drop dead.


13 posted on 05/28/2025 3:29:55 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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My son went to boarding school with Harrison Ruffin Tyler’s grandson. They were close friends, and as a result, my son visited the Tyler family plantation in Virginia several times.

I often met Harrison Ruffin Tyler during school functions. He was in his 70’s at the time. A very good looking man with an unmistakable likeness to his famous grandfather. A southern gentleman in all respects.


14 posted on 05/28/2025 3:29:56 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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It certainly happens, yet it still seems surreal. 🙂👍

But the grandchild dying 180 years after his grandfather died, that is extremely surreal. If I lived into my 90s I would have lived less than 100 years after my grandfather had died. Right now I have only outlived my dad about 24 years. If I live into my 90s it will have been 40+-50+ years.

15 posted on 05/28/2025 3:36:26 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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.....He is survived by three children and numerous grandchildren.....

So the Tyler lineage continues! Bravo!


16 posted on 05/28/2025 3:38:28 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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Amazing


17 posted on 05/28/2025 3:39:12 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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Please tell me he died when he was in a canoe, and it tipped over?


18 posted on 05/28/2025 3:40:25 PM PDT by Captainpaintball (America needs a Conservative DICTATOR if it hopes to survive. )
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“Born into a prominent slaveholding Virginia family in 1790”

Gotta get that in there, mmm, mmm, mmm.


19 posted on 05/28/2025 3:42:52 PM PDT by dljordan (The Rewards of Tolerance are Treachery and Betrayal)
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To: fidelis

This really is incredible


20 posted on 05/28/2025 3:44:43 PM PDT by Rural_Michigan
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