Robert Todd Lincoln

Robert Todd Lincoln (August 1, 1843 – July 26, 1926) was an American lawyer and Secretary of War, and the first son of President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln. Born in Springfield, Illinois, United States, he was the only one of Lincoln's four sons to live to adulthood.

Read more about Robert Todd Lincoln:  Family and Early Life, Presence At Assassinations, Robert Lincoln and Edwin Booth, Republican Politics, Death

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