Letitia Christian Tyler
American politician
Died when: 51 years 302 days (621 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Letitia Tyler (née Christian;November 12, 1790 – September 10, 1842) was the first wife of President John Tyler and first lady of the United States from 1841 to 1842.
She married Tyler, then a law student, in 1808 at Cedar Grove, her family home.Their twenty-nine year marriage appears to have been a happy one, althrough Letitia avoided the limelight during her husband's political rise, remaining in Virginia during most of his time in Congress.
Her later life was dogged by ill-health; a paralytic stroke suffered in 1839 left her an invalid.As first lady, she remained in the White House living quarters, leaving them only to attend her daughter Elizabeth's wedding in January 1842.
She suffered another stroke in September 1842 and died, becoming the first American first lady to die while serving in her role.
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