- Wed at a ceremony at her parents home in New York, Julia
Gardiner was the first woman to marry a seated president
- She was thirty years younger than her husband, John Tyler
- Julia bore seven children to Tyler, who had eight children
to his first wife Letitia, mkaing him
the president to father the most offspring at 15
- Although she lived in the White House for less than a year,
Julia accomplished much as First Lady
- She was the first to issue a public statement through a press
agent
- She is also credited with writing her husband's farewell
speech
- She loved music, and her social events included the introduction
of new dances such as the polka
- It was her idea to have the Marine Band play Hail To The
Chief as an introduction for the president
- Often called "Lovely Lady Presidentress," she greeted
guests from a platform often dressed in lavish fashions, while
surrounded by other women
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