John Tyler Jr.

John Tyler Jr. was born on April 27, 1819, to John Tyler and Letitia Tyler. He was a member of the Tyler family. He had fourteen siblings: Mary, Robert, Letitia, Elizabeth, Anne, Alice, Tazewell, David, John Alexander, Julia, Lachlan, Lyon, Robert Fitzwalter and Margaret Pearl.[2] His mother was from a wealthy planter family[3] who owned Cedar Grove plantation.[4] His father was U.S. representative for Virginia's 23rd district congressional district[5] from a wealthy slave-owning Virginia family, descended from the First Families of Virginia.[6]

Tyler attended the University of Virginia and the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied American law and government. [7]

Tyler served as a captain in the U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War.[7] Previously, Tyler served as private secretary for his father's presidential administration.[7] In later life, he served as a colonel in the Confederate States Army.[7] After the Civil War, Tyler practiced law in Baltimore before being appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant to a minor role in the Internal Revenue Bureau in Tallahassee, Florida.[7]

Tyler died on January 26, 1896. He was temporarily placed in the Public Vault at the Congressional Cemetery.[7] His funeral was hosted at his late residence, 1217 B street southeast, on January 29, at 11 o'clock.[7] He was then buried at Arlington National Cemetery.[8] He was the last surviving son of former President John Tyler's first marriage.[2]