Robert Tyler (Confederate Register of the Treasury)

Robert Tyler
Secretary to the President of the United States
In office
1841 – March 4, 1845
Preceded byHenry Huntington Harrison
Succeeded byJoseph Knox Walker
Confederate Register of the Treasury
In office
1861–1865
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born(1816-09-09)September 9, 1816
DiedDecember 3, 1877(1877-12-03) (aged 61)
Spouse
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(m. 1839)​
Children9

Robert Tyler (September 9, 1816 – December 3, 1877) was the eldest son of John Tyler, the tenth President of the United States, and Letitia Christian Tyler.[1] He served as the Confederate Register of the Treasury during the American Civil War.[2] Previously, Tyler served as private secretary for his father's presidential administration.[3] In later life, he served as the editor of the Montgomery Advertiser.[4]

His wife, Priscilla, served in place of the First Lady of the United States from September 10, 1842, to June 26, 1844, between the death of her mother-in-law and President Tyler's remarriage to Julia Gardiner Tyler.[5] Together Robert and Priscilla Tyler had nine children, only six of whom would live to adulthood. [6]

References

  1. ^ Millett, Wesley; White, Gerald (2008). The Rebel and the Rose: James A. Semple, Julia Gardiner Tyler, and the Lost Confederate Gold. Cumberland House Publishing. ISBN 978-1-58182-669-2.
  2. ^ "Organization the Government of the Confederate States". Montgomery Daily Mail. May 22, 1864. p. 1. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  3. ^ "Robert Tyler". Special Collections Knowledgebase. September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  4. ^ Tyler, Lyon Gardiner (1885). The Letters and Times of the Tylers. Whittet & Shepperson. p. 687.
  5. ^ "Letitia Tyler Biography :: National First Ladies' Library". Firstladies.org. December 28, 1907. Archived from the original on September 30, 2018. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  6. ^ Leahy, Christopher J. (2012). "Playing Her Greatest Role: Priscilla Cooper Tyler and the Politics of the White House Social Scene, 1841–44". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 120 (3): 237–269. ProQuest 1038370038.
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