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David Gardiner Tyler
David Gardiner Tyler (July 12, 1846 – September 5, 1927), was a U.S. Democratic Party politician and the ninth child and fourth son of John Tyler, the tenth President of the United States.
Although born in New York, he went to school in Virginia and fought in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. After attending college in Germany and Virginia, he became a lawyer. He later served in the Virginia State Senate, as a member of the United States House of
at Camp Wyckoff, after returning from the Spanish–American War. Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton spent week-long summer vacations in 1998 and 1999.
Gallery Presidents and First Ladies Julia Gardiner Tyler.
Julia Gardiner was born on Gardiners Island and her father had a house in East Hampton village. On February 28, 1844, she and her father, David Gardiner, were part of the Presidential party aboard the when a malfunctioning cannon exploded. Her father and two Cabinet officers were killed. According to legend Julia fainted into the