Biography of robert lincoln
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Robert Todd Lincoln, by his own accord, imagined his life to be filled with sorrow and heartbreak. The eldest of the four sons born to Mary Todd Lincoln and President Abraham Lincoln, Robert was the only one to survive to adulthood and die of old age. Robert would be in direct connection with three separate Presidential assassinations in his life: his father, President Lincoln of course, who was assassinated by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth on April 14, ; the assassination of President James A. Garfield by Charles Guiteau on a Washington, D.C. train station platform on July 2, when Lincoln was serving as President Garfield’s Secretary of War; and the assassination of President William McKinley by Leon Czolgosz on September 6, at the Pan-American Exhibition where Lincoln just happened to be visiting with his family. Lincoln would say to a New York Times reporter after the shooting of President Garfield, “My god, how many hours of sorrow I have passed in this town.”
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Robert Todd Lincoln
American lawyer and politician (–)
"Robert Lincoln" redirects here. For other uses, see Robert Lincoln (disambiguation).
Robert Todd Lincoln | |
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Lincoln c.&#;– | |
| In office May 25, &#;– May 4, | |
| President | |
| Preceded by | Edward John Phelps |
| Succeeded by | Thomas F. Bayard (as Ambassador) |
| In office March 5, &#;– March 4, | |
| President | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Ramsey |
| Succeeded by | William Crowninshield Endicott |
| Born | ()August 1, Springfield, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | July 26, () (aged&#;82) Manchester, Vermont, U.S. |
| Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | |
| Children | |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | Lincoln family |
| Education | |
| Signature | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | Union Army |
| Years&#;of service | February 11 – June 12, |
| Rank | Captain |
| Battles/wars | |
Robert Todd Lincoln (August 1, &#;– July 26, ) was an American lawyer and businessman. The eldest son of
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Family: Robert Todd Lincoln ()
Robert Todd Lincoln, or &#;Bob&#; and &#;Prince of Rails&#; (a nickname developed on the President-elect&#;s trip to Washington and one which Robert detested), was named after Mary Todd&#;s father and was the oldest of the Lincoln children. Cross-eyed as child, he developed into a reserved but determined teenager. He left home at 16 to attend Phillips Exeter and Harvard University. Robert disliked public life although he sometimes liked the public attention he received. Sometime priggish and self-involved, he was emotionally distant from his father, with whom he spent less time as a child than did his brothers. He quickly developed a sense for fashion and clothes that his father lacked. He also had a sense of decorum, which both his mother and father were capable of violating &#; as when they invited General and Mrs. Tom Thumb for a honeymoon visit to the White House in
Robert was shy, reserved and fundamentally kind, but he labored beneath