Poor Ex-FLOTUS Julia Tyler

Literally.

Rich FLOTUS Julia Gardiner Tyler

Julia Gardiner (1820-1869) was a wealthy New Yorker. Her father, David Lyon Gardiner owned considerable property in Long Island. Her mother, Juliana MacLachlan was the only child of an even wealthier brewer.

Julia and her two brothers and sister were given every advantage that money could buy. A good finishing school education, fine clothes, jewelry, carriages, vacations, and the opportunity to meet and mingle with the rich and famous of society. It also included a two-year trip abroad when Julia was around nineteen. They shopped. They also met and mingled with a European titled and privileged social set.

Pretty, well-mannered, and gifted in the feminine arts, Julia and her sister were hits. When they returned, her father (who had served a couple of terms as NY State Senator and retained the title) decided that their now-marriageable progeny might benefit from a…