Letitia Semple
Letitia Semple | |
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Priscilla Tyler (sister-in-law) (stepmother)Julia Gardiner Tyler |
Letitia "Letty" Christian Semple (née Tyler, May 11, 1821 – December 28, 1907) was an American society lady, educator, and briefly an unofficial First Lady during her father
Priscilla Tyler "First ladies who never married presidents".[1]
Semple served in this role from March to June 1844.
Governor
old régime".[2]
Biography
Semple was born Letitia Christian Tyler, Jr., to John Tyler (the son of
Charles City County, Virginia.[3]
Nicknamed "Letty", she was their fourth child and second daughter.
In February 1839, Semple married James A. Semple at the age of 17.The Chattanooga Times wrote "she was the friend of the most famous statesman and public men the country has produced..."[7]
During the
Semple and her stepmother Julia Gardiner Tyler never got along; "Refusing to show her the most basic civility, [Semple] forever resented her stepmother and there would be no reconciliation."[4]
Later life
In the 1870s,
Ida McKinley, the latter of whom lent Semple her horse and carriage when needed. Semple and her husband never reconciled, and never had any children together. Semple died December 28, 1907, during a trip to Baltimore.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Anthony, Carl (October 20, 2014). "First Ladies Who Never Married Presidents: Priscilla Tyler & Letty Tyler Semple". National First Ladies' Library. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ Willets, Gilson (1908). "President Tyler's Daughter: Letitia Tyler-Semple". Victorian Villa. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- ^ ISBN 9780313295355.
- ^ a b c d "First Lady Biography: Letitia Tyler". National First Ladies' Library. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Letitia Tyler". Women's History Blog. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
- ^ Troy, Tevi (January 18, 2017). "5 Other Nontraditional First Lady Arrangements". Washingtonian. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
- ^ "She Was the First Lady in the Forties". The Chattanooga Times. June 23, 1904. p. 4. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
- ISBN 9781570034961.