President. She was not looking forward to being first lady. The problem was of course that he died only one month into his presidency and she never made it to washington. In 1836, when john tyler resigned from the United States senate he and his wife letitia and their family moved here to williamsburg. Its right here that Letitia Tyler suffered her stroke in 1839, john tyler learned that he was elected as Vice President to William Henry harrison and its also here in the spring of 1841 where he was informed that he became 10th president of the United States and that Letitia Tyler learned that she became the first lady. She has another terrible stroke and dies and her husband goes into great mourning. And then he meets Julia Gardiner who is this another young lovely in her 20s. Julie, i think of as the madonna, you know, of first ladies. [laughter] she loved publicity. She had actually posed as a model at a time when that was maybe, say, frowned upon but all accounts was bewitching. Juli
William henry harrison. In the spring of 1841 he was informed to became the 10th president of the United States. Leticia tyler learned that she became the first lady. She has another terrible stroke and her husband goes into great morning. Mourning. And then he meets another young lovely in her 20s. Julia was the madonna of first ladies. She loved publicity. She had posed as a model at a time when that was frowned upon. By all accounts was bewitching. Petunia was flourished. She had almost 90 slaves. Julia was loving and supportive him tremendously and everything that she did. Untimely deaths, a secret marriage, and outside personalities are part of the stories of the three women featured in our program tonight. As the political system grapples with the first time a Vice President steps into the office of the presidency, and sectional differences continue to grow in the country. Good evening, and welcome to first tonight, the election of 1840, ringing William Henry harrison and to offi
The second person, john tylers second wife, but at least during the time, even though she did not come to the white house, she did use her influence to get appointments for her nephews and sons and grandsons, so she would have been political in that way but not the way he would think the second person, john tylers second wife, but at least during the time, even though she did not come to the white house, she did use her influence to get appointments for her nephews and sons and grandsons, so she would have been political in that way but not the way he would think of with someone like julia tyler. Which we will learn more of tonight. And this comment, she must have had good genes. What was going on in the Harrison Family that it produced so Many Political leaders . They were one of the first families of virginia, so you would have had them be involved in the revolution. They have a long history of political involvement. I think it is where they are located by the mid 1800s in the northw
Standards initiative and how it plays into the overall education in the u. S. Washing journal is live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. Season two of first ladies begins monday, september 9 with a look at the life of roosevelt. Encore presentations of season one. Each weeknight at 9 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan, programs on every first lady. During tonights encore presentation of our first ladies program, a story and will answer your questions about julia tyler at facebook. Com c span. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] she was not happy her husband had been elected president. She never made it to washington. When he resigned, he and his wife and their family moved here to williamsburg. It was here that Letitia Tyler suffered a stroke. John tyler learned he was elected as Vice President of William Perry region William Henry harrison. It is here that he became 10th president of the United States, so she learned she
She was not happy her husband had been elected president. She never made it to washington. When he resigned, he and his wife and their family moved here to williamsburg. It was here that Letitia Tyler suffered a stroke. John tyler learned he was elected as Vice President of William Perry region William Henry harrison. It is here that he became 10th president of the United States, so she learned she became the first lady. She had another terrible stroke, and her husband goes into morning, and then he meets another young lovely in her 20s. I think of her as the madonna of first ladies. She posed as a model at a time that was frowned upon, by all accounts was bewitching. There were 90 slaves, and they were her supervision. Julia lobbied for her husband, and she supported him tremendously in everything she did. Untimely death, a secret marriage, and outsize personality are stories of the women we examined tonight. Good evening, and welcome to the Season Series of first ladies. William Henr