Robert Tyler (Confederate Register of the Treasury) explained

Robert Tyler
Office2:Secretary to the President of the United States
Predecessor2:Henry Huntington Harrison
Successor2:Joseph Knox Walker
Term Start2:1841
Term End2:March 4, 1845
Office3:Confederate Register of the Treasury
Predecessor3:Position established
Successor3:Position abolished
Term Start3:1861
Term End3:1865
Birth Date:9 September 1816

Robert Tyler (September 9, 1816 – December 3, 1877) was the eldest son of John Tyler, the tenth President of the United States, and Letitia Christian Tyler.[1] He served as the Confederate Register of the Treasury during the American Civil War.[2] Previously, Tyler served as private secretary for his father's presidential administration.[3] In later life, he served as the editor of the Montgomery Advertiser.[4]

His wife, Priscilla, served in place of the First Lady of the United States from September 10, 1842, to June 26, 1844, between the death of her mother-in-law and President Tyler's remarriage to Julia Gardiner Tyler.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Millett . Wesley . The Rebel and the Rose: James A. Semple, Julia Gardiner Tyler, and the Lost Confederate Gold . White . Gerald . 2008 . Cumberland House Publishing . 978-1-58182-669-2 . en.
  2. News: 1864-05-22 . Organization the Government of the Confederate States . 1 . Montgomery Daily Mail . 2023-09-07.
  3. Web site: 2010-09-06 . Robert Tyler . 2023-09-07 . Special Collections Knowledgebase . en-US.
  4. Book: Tyler, Lyon Gardiner . The Letters and Times of the Tylers . 1885 . Whittet & Shepperson . 687 . en.
  5. Web site: Letitia Tyler Biography :: National First Ladies' Library . Firstladies.org . December 28, 1907 . June 16, 2016 . September 30, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180930130947/http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=10 . dead .