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Letitia "Letty" Christian Semple (née Tyler, May 11, 1821 – December 28, 1907) was an American society lady, educator, and briefly an unofficial First Lady during her father John Tyler 's presidency. The National First Ladies' Library named Semple and her sister-in-law Priscilla Tyler "First ladies who never married presidents". [1]
- Acting as First Lady
- James A. Semple
- American
Semple. Daughter of President John Tyler and his first wife, Letitia; acted as White House hostess in 1844. Married James A. Semple in 1839; opened a school, the Eclectic Institute, in Baltimore, Maryland.
28. Apr. 2022 · About Letitia Christian Semple. Letitia "Letty" Christian Semple (née Tyler, May 11, 1821 – December 28, 1907) was an American society lady, educator, and briefly an unofficial First Lady during her father John Tyler's presidency. The National First Ladies' Library named Semple and her sister-in-law Priscilla Tyler "First ladies ...
- Virginia
- Virginia, United States
- May 11, 1821
Letty Semple prominently hung the only life oil portrait of her mother over the mantle in her bedroom at the Louise Home, always considering Letitia Tyler to have somehow been the only legitimate wife of her father, the tenth President. She died on 28 December, 1907, during a trip to Baltimore,Maryland.
12. März 2020 · Biography. Letitia was born in 1821. She was the daughter of John Tyler and Letitia Tyler. She married at the age of eighteen to James Alexander Semple, a Captain in the Navy. He was assigned abroad at sea often so she lived as a hostess at the White House in 1844 after Priscilla Cooper Tyler and her husband Robert Tyler moved to Philidelphia.
- Female
- May 11, 1821
- James Allen Semple
- December 28, 1907
Although Priscilla Tyler assumed the bulk of the hostessing responsibilities, Letitia Tyler's daughters, Elizabeth Tyler and Letitia Tyler Semple, also performed some of those functions. It was the latter daughter who became White House hostess upon Priscilla's relocation to Philadelphia in 1844.
Letitia served as First Lady during most of her father's administration, until his remarriage. Her husband James, a naval officer, resigned to serve in the C.S. Navy, and the end of the Civil War left them financially broken. She ran a boarding school in Baltimore for many years.
