David Gardiner Tyler
| David Gardiner Tyler | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 2nd district |
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In office March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 |
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| Preceded by | John W. Lawson |
| Succeeded by | William A. Young |
| Member of the Virginia State Senate | |
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In office 1900–1903 |
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In office 1892–1893 |
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| Personal details | |
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July 12, 1846 East Hampton, New York |
| Died | September 5, 1927 (aged 81) Sherwood Forest Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia |
| Resting place | Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Morris Jones |
| Children | Mary Lyon Tyler, Margaret Gardiner Tyler, David Gardiner Tyler, James Alfred Jones Tyler |
| Alma mater | Washington College |
| Profession | lawyer, judge |
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| Allegiance |
 Confederate States of America
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| Service/branch |
 Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1863–1865 |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
David Gardiner Tyler (July 12, 1846 – September 5, 1927), was a U.S. Democratic Party politician and the 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 Representatives from Virginia's second congressional district, and as a Virginia Circuit Court judge.
He was born in East Hampton, New York and was the first child born to former President John Tyler and his second wife, Julia Gardiner Tyler. He was named after his late maternal grandfather, David Gardiner. As a child, he attended private schools in Charles City County, Virginia. In 1862, he entered present-day Washington and Lee University, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, but dropped out the following year to fight in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He was present at the surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House. Following the war, he and his brother, John Alexander Tyler, traveled to Germany, and attended school in the Grand Duchy of Baden. He returned to the United States, and graduated from the Washington and Lee School of Law in 1869.
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