President Tyler was the first vice president to gain control of the White House in the wake of a death. The University of Virginia's Miller Center described the president as “the last gasp of ...

I always wanted to meet Mr. Tyler, since I first heard his story in the 1990s, but I never had the chance to shake hands with ...

CHARLES CITY, Va. (AP) — Harrison Ruffin Tyler, the last living grandson of U.S. President John Tyler born 83 years after his grandfather left the White House in 1845, died. He was 96.