John Tyler, Jr.

John Tyler V (April 27, 1819 – January 26, 1896) was an American military officer, attorney, politician, and writer. He was the second son of John Tyler, the tenth president of the United States, and Letitia Tyler. Tyler was born in 1819 and was part of the Tyler family, which had significant political and social prominence.

He had fourteen siblings: Mary, Robert, Letitia, Elizabeth, Anne, Alice, Tazewell, David, John Alexander, Julia, Lachlan, Lyon, Robert Fitzwalter, and Margaret Pearl. His mother belonged to a wealthy planter family that owned Cedar Grove plantation. His father, John Tyler, served as a U.S. representative for Virginia’s 23rd congressional district and descended from the First Families of Virginia, with enslaved individuals owned by the family.

For his education, John Tyler V attended the University of Virginia and the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied American law and government.

During his military service, Tyler served as a captain in the U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War. Prior to this, he served as private secretary for his father’s presidential administration. Later in his career, he served as a colonel in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.

Following the Civil War, Tyler practiced law in Baltimore. Subsequently, he was appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant to a minor position within the Internal Revenue Bureau in Tallahassee, Florida.

John Tyler V died on January 26, 1896. His body was temporarily placed in the Public Vault at the Congressional Cemetery. His funeral was held at his residence located at 1217 B Street Southeast on January 29, at 11 o’clock. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. At the time of his death, he was the last surviving son of John Tyler from his first marriage.