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Robert Todd Lincoln (August 1, 1843 – July 26, 1926) was an American lawyer and businessman. The eldest son of President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln, he was the only one of their four children to outlive his parents.
Apr 2, 2014 · Robert Todd Lincoln was an American lawyer and secretary of war best known as the first-born son of President Abraham Lincoln.
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- He Was on Ulysses S. Grant's Personal Staff. Getty Images. Part of Abraham Lincoln's mystique lies in his humble roots as a self-made man who found education where he could.
- The Booth Family Did Him a Favor. Getty Images. In 1863 or 1864, young Robert Lincoln was traveling by train from New York to Washington during a break from his studies at Harvard.
- He Had a Strange Knack for Being Near Assassinations. Getty Images. Lee's surrender wasn't the only history Lincoln ended up witnessing, although things got a bit grislier for him after Appomattox.
- He Realized His Mom Was a Little Nutty. Getty Images. Mary Todd Lincoln is fairly widely renowned today for being mentally ill, but it wasn't quite such an open secret when she was still alive.
Learn about Robert Todd Lincoln, the only son of Abraham Lincoln to reach adulthood, who served as Secretary of War, Ambassador to the UK and Pullman Company president. Discover his role in presidential assassinations, his near-death experience with Edwin Booth and his burial in Arlington.
Nov 13, 2019 · Robert Todd Lincoln, the eldest son of Abraham Lincoln and the only one to survive to adulthood, eschewed a political career to become a lawyer.
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May 29, 2024 · Robert Todd Lincoln was the eldest and sole surviving child of Abraham Lincoln, who became a millionaire corporation attorney and served as U.S. secretary of war and minister to Great Britain during Republican administrations.
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Robert Todd Lincoln was an American statesman, diplomat, businessman, lawyer, and briefly a union captain during the Civil War. He was the oldest son of the 16th President of the United States of America, Abraham Lincoln, and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln.
