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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.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Robert Todd Lincoln was the first-born son of President Abraham Lincoln and the only one to survive to adulthood. He became a lawyer, secretary of war and minister to Great Britain, and had a strained relationship with his father.
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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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Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, witnessed or was involved in three presidential assassinations in his lifetime. Learn about his tragic family history, his role as Secretary of War, and his legacy as a Pullman executive.
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. Raised in Springfield, Ill., as his father rose from local to national.
Learn about Robert Todd Lincoln, the only son of Abraham Lincoln to reach adulthood and a prominent figure in American history. Find out his roles as a soldier, secretary of war, ambassador, lawyer and Pullman Company president, and his connections to presidential assassinations and Edwin Booth.
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