[2] During World War I he was a Naval aviator and served in the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Banks.
[3] 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.
[7] Tyler served as Governor Leverett Saltonstall's chief of military aides and was a member of the Republican state committee from 1944 to 1948.
[10] He was removed as chairman in 1957 by Democratic Governor Foster Furcolo and declined to stay on as a regular member of the board.
[3] Tyler started in the shoe manufacturing business before becoming an assistant cashier at the National Shawmut Bank of Boston.