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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. Raised in Springfield, Ill., as his father rose from local to national.
Jun 7, 2023 · The great-grandson of Abraham Lincoln, farmer Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith was the last known descendant of the 16th president when he died in 1985.
Feb 5, 2024 · Robert Todd Lincoln was the eldest of Abraham Lincoln’s four boys and the only one to outlive his parents. At the start of the American Civil War, Robert was a Harvard student, and his mother, Mary Todd Lincoln (who had already lost two sons), wanted him to stay in school and out of the war.
Jul 1, 2023 · When Robert Todd Lincoln died on July 26, 1926, his grandchildren — Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith and his sister Peggy — were visiting him at his summer home, Hildene, in Manchester, Vermont, per the Associated Press.
Feb 5, 2024 · Very few know that the brother of the assassin of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was responsible for saving Lincoln's son from a near-death experience. Robert Todd Lincoln's rescuer was Edwin...
Mar 1, 2024 · Robert Todd Lincoln (August 1, 1843-June 26, 1926), was the sole child of President Abraham Lincoln to live to maturity. He served on U.S. Grant’s staff during the Civil War, following his graduation from Harvard.
Mar 29, 2024 · Robert Todd Lincoln was Abraham Lincoln’s eldest son. He was also the only one of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd’s four children to outlive his parents. Though he would grow to become a lawyer and serve as Secretary of War, if it weren’t for a helpful stranger, Robert’s life could’ve been much different.
Feb 13, 2024 · Robert Todd Lincoln, the eldest of Abraham Lincoln’s four sons and the only one to survive childhood, bore the unfortunate legacy of being present or near when three presidents were fatally shot. Even if you’ve heard this story, the details of his rendezvous with fate are more than amazing.
Mar 14, 2024 · On this episode of Our American Stories, The History Guy remembers the 16th President’s son, Robert Todd Lincoln. Because of his father, Abraham Lincoln, Robert Todd's life has been largely forgotten—but it deserves to be remembered.
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Jan 12, 2024 · Robert Todd Lincoln (1843–1926) NOTE TO READERS. Updates to the Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission database are suspended pending adequate resources to modernize the data collection and processing work required to maintain this publication.
