letitia we know less about. we know from a story that ends up in abolitionist press in the 19th century of a former enslaved man who had been a member of a christian family recalled that john taylor may have been less kind to enslave men and women in the field, but when it came to the enslaved men and women in the household, he stopped right there. they were under letitia's protection. they were treated well. you could read into a story like that, but john tyler's views were consistent. letitia was different. >> here is 1840 view of america through the senses. the population reached 17 million in 26 states. we consistently see 30%. slaves #2.5 million, which is almost 15% of the population, and new orleans joins the list of the largest cities in the united states. we heard about the tylers and their attitude toward slavery. give us an indication of what was happening in 1840. >> this is a tremendous time of sexual tension. we like to think the country is divided regionally, that everyone in the north is anti sla

the total by letitia and8 7 by julia. letitia forrried to 29 years, and he was married to 18.a for >> the tylers learn of the fact they are coming to the white house and he is the 10th president of the united states. her health is precarious. how does she carry out the role as first lady? >> it depends on how you define the role. what is first lady? is it somebody married to the president, or do they have to fulfill these roles? she is by nature a retired person. she prefers a quiet life. now she does not like the kind of quiet activities of first lady who would normally associate with. even without her illness, i think it would have been a fairly quiet white house. that does not mean there are not other people to fulfill these roles. that means she has to have other people do it for them. it is a close-knit family. they have a lot of daughters living in the white house. she turned that over to them. >> gary robinson asked, what role did priscilla cooper have in the white house and after her death? >> she served as hostes

letitia we know less about.know from a story that ends up in abolitionist press in the 19th century of a former enslaved man who had been a member of a christian family who recalled that john taylor may have been less kind to enslave men and women in the field, but when it came to the enslaved men and women in the household, he stopped right there. they were under letitia's protection. they were treated well. you could read into a story like that, but john tyler's views were consistent. letitia was different. >> here is 1840 view of america through the senses. the population reached 17 million in 26 states. we consistently see 30%. slaves #2.5 million, which is almost 15% of the population, and new orleans joins the list of the largest cities in the united states. we heard about the tylers and their attitude toward slavery. give us an indication of what was happening in 1840. >> this is a tremendous time of sexual tension. we like to think the country is divided regionally, that everyone in the north is anti sla

in fact because the daughters came around relatively soon, except again for letitia, they real blame very big, fairly close-knit family all gathered there for the most part at sherwood forest. the civil war does a lot of in bringing them more close together because the members of the family that are cast in other parts, like her son robert, who is in philadelphia, they have to come back to sherwood forest but they do see, start to see julia not necessarily as a stepmother but they refer to her, some of them refer to her as a sister and certainly come to love her and appreciate her and accept her into the family as such so that her children and letitia's children, although there are considerable age difference, they do end up more than reconciled. they become very, very close. >> you spoke earlier with party politics, john tyler was castigated by the wigs essentially, thrown out of the party for some of his positions. so he was the man without -- president without a party when the next selection came around in 18 4. no chance of him being nominated. >> especially since he alienated th

. >> monday night, and a harrison, whose husband died one month after office, and letitia tyler, who becomes first lady as her husband john tyler assumes the presidency, she passes away one year later. then julia tyler becomes the president second wife. >> julia is the madonna of first ladies. she had posed as a model at a time when that was frowned upon. waswas knows as -- she known as the rows of long island. by all accounts, she was bewitching. she certainly bewitched 57-year- old john tyler. he married her. being first lady. she had the job for less than the year, but it was julia tyler who ordered the marine band to play "hail to the chief ." it was also julia tyler who greeted her guests sitting on a throne, a raised platform with purple plumes in her hair. it was almost as if she reseeded to that more queenly role of martha washington and deliberately rejected. >> we will take your questions and comments about these three first ladies by phone, facebook, and twitter at 9:00 on monday night on c-span. also on c-span radio and c- span.org. >> now the latest on negotiations on im

monday night, the fish of tyler -- letitia tyler becomes president after her husband passes away. firstia is the madonna of ladies. she loved publicity. when thatas a model was frowned upon. she was known as the rose of long island. she was bewitching. she bewitched john tyler. who married erher. lady.ved being first she had the job for less than a it was julia tyler who ordered the marine band to play "hail to the chief,"

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letitia tyler would become first lady as her president assumes the presidency.ulia tyler becomes the president second wife. >> j is the madonna of first ladies. -- julia is the madonna of first ladies. .he posed as a model she was known as the rows of long island. she was bewitching. she bewitched john tyler. he married her. she loved being first lady. who ordered tyler the marine band to play "hail to and who greeted her just sitting on a raised that form -- raised that form. she receded to the queenly role that martha washington rejected. questionsude your and comments about the first ladies by phone, face up, and twitter each -- facebook and twitter tonight. will reducester , whichnts by about 5% equates to $22 million orders though, which will be distributed among the various nations. -- stations. we have taken a cut in our overall federal funding over the last two years. if the federal government had since name the cuts that we have sustained, the budget would be billions smaller than it is now. we have made a contribution to deficit reduction and retiremen

president and moved into the white house with his wife, letitia. then the country had a new first lady, julia tyler. live tonight on c-span at 9:00 eastern. next "washington journal ," reporting on partisanship in the senate. we will look at the nation's infrastructure, and we will discuss the use of domestic drones. journal"why on c- span at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> rachel was not a fan of anything that took andrew jackson away -- rachel was not a fan of anything that took andrew jackson away. theran the plantation and firm and kept everything in order. everything loved her -- everybody loved her. >> she could write a nice letter and had nice jewelry. she was not as frumpy and she was reputed to be. >> he rose in politics, that was an ugly sore. >> the campaign was so bitterly fought, that they went all out, calling her a whore. they used every piece that they could find and she was good garbage for them. >> made the statement that i would rather be a dookkeeper and live in that palace. >> her niece was 21 years old when she became the white house ho