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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Lyon Gardiner Tyler |
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, Virginia , United States |
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August 24, 1853
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| Died | February 12, 1935
(81 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Thomas Walker
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| Info | Lyon Gardiner Tyler (August 24, 1853-February 12, 1935) was a U.S. educator and historian. He was the son of President John Tyler and First Lady Julia Gardiner Tyler, born at Sherwood Forest Plantation. He graduated in 1875 at the University of Virginia. From 1888 to 1919, he served as president of the College of William and Mary (W&M), and is widely credited for restoring the college's financial condition following the deterioriation which took place in the wake of the American Civil War. He was married twice, first to the former Anne Baker Tucker, with whom he had three children, John Tyler, Elizabeth Gilmour Tyler, and Julia Gardiner Tyler. Following Anne's death in 1921, he married the former Sue Ruffin, with whom he had three children, Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr., Harrison Ruffin Tyler, the current owner of the Sherwood Forest Plantation, and Henry Tyler, who died in infancy.
He was born August, 1853 and he died February 12, 1935. He practiced law for a time, but spent most of his life as an educator. He served as president of William and Mary for thirty-one years. He was an author and respected historian. Married twice, he had three children by his first wife and two by his second.
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