Widowed while in office, John Tyler remarried just a few short years after his wife passed at the age of 51.

Though he'd been courting Julia Gardiner for several months, it was a catastrophic accident aboard the warship the USS Princeton that prompted Julia to reconsider.

So just what happened on board the USS Princeton? And how did it lead to marital bliss? Tune in to find out.

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