Julia Gardiner Tyler (1820-1889) was a social hostess and later first lady and the spouse of John Tyler. John Tyler was a public official whose career or family position supplies an important part of this entry’s Revolutionary context. The marriage connected Julia Gardiner Tyler to the political, military, commercial, or social developments surrounding the Revolution. Born after the Revolutionary War, this person belonged to the next generation that inherited, preserved, and interpreted the political and family legacy of independence. Born in Long Island, New York and later dying in Richmond, Virginia, the course of this life reflects the movement of Revolutionary-era families across colonial, national, and sometimes Atlantic settings. Including Julia Gardiner Tyler in HistoryGPS recognizes that households, marriages, property, correspondence, hospitality, and kinship networks were essential parts of the world in which Revolutionary leaders acted.