page_title: Letitia Semple
hierarchical_section_title: Letitia Semple
caption_attribution_description: English: Title: Letitia Tyler Semple, daughter of President John Tyler Abstract/medium: 1 photograph&#160;: black and white, gelatin silver print&#160;; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in. format)
context_page_description: Letitia "Letty" Christian Semple was an American society lady, educator, and briefly an unofficial First Lady during her father John Tyler's presidency. The National First Ladies' Library named Semple and her sister-in-law Priscilla Tyler "First ladies who never married presidents". Semple served in this role from March to June 1844.
  Governor Robert Love Taylor described Semple as "The most notable Southern woman surviving the classic old régime".
context_section_description: Letitia "Letty" Christian Semple (née Tyler, May 11, 1821 – December 28, 1907) was an American society lady, educator, and briefly an unofficial First Lady during her father John Tyler's presidency. The National First Ladies' Library named Semple and her sister-in-law Priscilla Tyler "First ladies who never married presidents". Semple served in this role from March to June 1844.
  Governor Robert Love Taylor described Semple as "The most notable Southern woman surviving the classic old régime".
caption: Semple in 1850
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