Daniel Tyler Jr.
{{short description|American politician}}
Daniel Tyler Jr. (February 5, 1899 – May 22, 1967) was a Massachusetts political figure who served as Chairman of the Republican State Committee from 1950 to 1953, the Massachusetts State Housing Board from 1953 to 1957, and the Massachusetts Transit Authority from 1961 to 1963.{{cite news|last=Carr|first=Robert|title=McLernon Sounds Off!|newspaper=Boston Globe|date=January 3, 1965}} He was also a delegate to the 1952 Republican National Convention from Massachusetts and a member of the Brookline, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen.
Early life
Tyler was born on February 5, 1899, in Brookline, Massachusetts, to Daniel and Ethel Ward (Rogers) Tyler. He graduated from Brookline High School in 1917 and Yale University in 1921.{{cite book |title=Who's who in Massachusetts |date=1940 |publisher=Larkin, Roosevelt & Larkin |page=772}} During World War I he was a Naval aviator and served in the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Banks. During the Boston police strike he volunteered with the mounted unit of the Massachusetts State Guard. On December 29, 1921, he married Jean E. Kimball of Chicago. They had three daughters.
Politics
=Brookline=
From 1922 until his death, Tyler was a Brookline town meeting member. In 1935 he challenged 25-year incumbent Walter J. Cusick for a seat on the Brookline board of selectmen, but lost by just over 100 votes.{{cite news |title=Cusick Seeking 25th Year as Selectman in Brookline |work=The Boston Globe |date=March 3, 1935}} In 1938, Tyler faced Cusick again and this time won by a large margin.{{cite news |title=Cusick Beaten at Brookline |work=The Boston Globe |date=March 9, 1938}} He remained on the board until 1953, when he was beaten by former selectman Edward Dane.{{cite news |title=Tyler Loses to Dane in Brookline Election |work=The Boston Globe |date=March 4, 1953}} He sought to return to the board in 1957, but was defeated by school committee member Thomas J. Noonan.{{cite news |title=Noonan Edges Tyler For Selectman in Brookline Election |work=The Boston Globe |date=March 20, 1957}}
=State offices=
Tyler served as Governor Leverett Saltonstall's chief of military aides and was a member of the Republican state committee from 1944 to 1948. On June 29, 1950, he was elected chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party.{{cite news|last=Harris|first=John|title=Tyler Named G. O. P. State Chairman at 'Hot' Session|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/2054553612.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121202231217/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/2054553612.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 2, 2012|accessdate=1 December 2011|newspaper=Boston Daily Globe|date=June 30, 1950}} In 1952 he endorsed Dwight D. Eisenhower for the Republican nomination for President of the United States.{{cite news |title=Tyler Backs Ike, Says He's Only Certain Winner |work=The Boston Globe |date=July 3, 1952}} He remained party chairman until 1953, when he was appointed chairman of the state housing board by Governor Christian Herter.{{cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=William |title=Tyler Outlines Aims as State Housing Chief |work=The Boston Globe |date=February 15, 1953}} He was removed as chairman in 1957 by Democratic Governor Foster Furcolo and declined to stay on as a regular member of the board.{{cite news |title=Tyler Quits State Housing Board, Refusing $2000 Member's Post |work=The Boston Globe |date=March 29, 1957}} From 1961 to 1964, Tyler was chairman of the Metropolitan Transit Authority.
Business career
Tyler started in the shoe manufacturing business before becoming an assistant cashier at the National Shawmut Bank of Boston.{{cite news |title=Tyler Will Run for Selectman |work=The Boston Globe |date=December 3, 1937}}{{cite news |title=Selectman Tyler Wins Reelection at Brookline |work=The Boston Globe |date=March 5, 1941}} He left banking to enter the warehouse business and served as president of the Galt Block Warehouse Company of Portland, Maine.
Death
Tyler died on May 22, 1967, at New England Baptist Hospital. He was buried in Walnut Hills Cemetery in Brookline.{{cite news|title=Daniel Tyler Jr., 68, Ex-State GOP Head|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/1931961822.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715152502/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/1931961822.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2012|accessdate=2 December 2011|newspaper=Boston Globe|date=May 23, 1967}}
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Category:Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority people
Category:Massachusetts Republican Party chairs
Category:Politicians from Brookline, Massachusetts
Category:Selectmen in Massachusetts
Category:Burials at Walnut Hills Cemetery (Brookline, Massachusetts)