10th President John Tyler

In second grade, my class went learned cursory facts about each and every U.S. President in order. It was perhaps because 1988 was an election year. As a young child it came as a small shock that there was going to be a new president. I assumed Ronald Reagan was going to be president forever. But whatever the case, those lessons sparked an interest in the Presidents that's lasted ever since.

But even with my inclination towards the subject, I couldn't tell you a single interesting thing about 10th President John Tyler.*

Until now.

It turns out that John Tyler, who was born in 1790 has a grandchild who is still alive today. That's right.

Born in 1790, Tyler had a child in 1853, when he was 63.
That child had a child in 1924, when he was 71.
That child, born in 1924, is now 92 and still alive.

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It starts slow but stick with it.

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