 Tanzler divorced his first wife, Ann Lyerly Tanzler, mother of their son Hans Gearhart Tanzler III, and married the former LaMercedes Hutchins Woodard in 1973.The couple had one child, Hans, III, and two stepchildren from her former marriage to an Air Force test pilot.He was reelected a second time in 1975, defeating Republican Don Trednick in the general election.