Thursday, May 29, 2025

The Grandson Of President John Tyler, In Office 1841 - 1845, Died On Sunday, May 25, 2025

Okay, one more backward-looking post. From the New York Post, May 28, 2025: 

Grandson of 10th US President John Tyler, who left the White House 180 years ago, dead at 96

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 [sic] presidential administration.

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

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