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-oldest living grandson of President John Tyler who was US president 1841-45 recently passed away
-his younger brother is still alive



https://www.boston.com/news/national...-tyler-jr-obit

Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr., grandson of the 10th president, dies at 95
His grandfather, John Tyler, served in the White House from 1841 to 1845.

Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr., the older of two surviving grandsons of the 10th president of the United States, John Tyler, and part of a genealogical marvel that in just three generations spanned almost the entire history of the United States, died on Sept. 26 in Franklin, Tennessee. He was 95.

His daughter, Susan Selina Pope Tyler, said his death, at Williamson Medical Center, was caused by Alzheimer’s disease. He lived in Franklin.

Tyler, a lawyer and historian, and his 91-year-old brother, Harrison Ruffin Tyler, were the last surviving sons of Lyon Gardiner Tyler Sr. (1853-1935), a longtime president of the College of William & Mary in Virginia.

Lyon Tyler Sr.’s father, who was born just after George Washington became president 231 years ago and who served in the White House from 1841 to 1845, was the president who annexed Texas as the 28th state as America expanded west. But he may be better known for the Whig Party’s catchy 1840 presidential campaign slogan, “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too.”

The Tyler family was a remarkable case of well-documented successive longevities and late-in-life paternities; the combined life-span of President Tyler and his distinguished son alone was 152 years.

When the website mentalfloss.com reported in 2012 that two grandsons of President Tyler were still alive, and that three generations of Tylers spanned, at the time, 222 years, dating to the early days of the Republic, the news went viral.

New York magazine called it “an amazing, seemingly impossible piece of American trivia.” As Yahoo, The Huffington Post, Fox News and Politico scrambled for interviews, the grandsons related oft-told family stories about Patrick Henry, Andrew Jackson, Daniel Webster, the American Revolution, the Civil War and their grandfather, the president.

His father had the magic sperm, having a kid at 72 and Tyler was 7 years past his presidency and 63. High test guys.

John Tyler fathered 15 children

R.I.P. President Tyler’s grandson. I remember reading about him years ago. I hope he had a baby recently.

iirc I made a thread about it back when I first heard it years ago, anyhow there were two of them and the younger brother is still alive at 91 so hopefully he’s making a baby right now

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