41 Facts About Robert Lincoln

Robert Todd Lincoln was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician.

Robert Lincoln was the eldest son of President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln, and the only one of their four sons to live to adulthood.

Robert Lincoln became a business lawyer and company president, and served as US Secretary of War and US Ambassador to the United Kingdom.

Active in Republican politics, and a tangible symbol of his father's legacy, Lincoln was often spoken of as a possible candidate for office, including the presidency, but never took steps to mount a campaign.

Robert Lincoln became general counsel of the Pullman Palace Car Company, and after founder George Pullman died in 1897, Robert Lincoln assumed the company's presidency.

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Robert Lincoln died at Hildene on July 26,1926, six days before his 83rd birthday, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Robert Todd Lincoln was born in Springfield, Illinois, on August 1,1843, to Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln.

Robert Lincoln was named after his maternal grandfather, Robert Smith Todd.

When his father became president of the United States on the eve of the American Civil War, Robert Lincoln was the only one of the president's three children to be largely on his own.

Robert Lincoln took the Harvard College entrance examination in 1859, but failed fifteen out of the sixteen subjects.

Robert Lincoln was then enrolled at Phillips Exeter Academy to further prepare for attending college, and he graduated in 1860.

Much to the embarrassment of the president, Mary Todd Lincoln prevented Robert Lincoln from joining the Army until shortly before the war's conclusion.

Robert Lincoln resigned his commission on June 12,1865, and returned to civilian life.

Robert Lincoln had a distant relationship with his father, in part because, during his formative years, Abraham Robert Lincoln spent months on the judicial circuit.

Abraham Lincoln was proud of Robert and thought him bright, but something of a competitor.

On January 1,1866, Robert Lincoln moved out of the apartment he shared with his mother and brother.

Robert Lincoln rented his own rooms in downtown Chicago to "begin to live with some degree of comfort" which he had not known when living with his family.

Robert Lincoln was certified to practice law four days later on February 26,1867.

On September 24,1868, Robert Lincoln married the former Mary Eunice Harlan, daughter of Senator James Harlan and Ann Eliza Peck of Mount Pleasant, Iowa.

Robert Lincoln, who was already concerned about what he thought were his mother's "spend-thrift" ways and eccentric behavior, and fearing that she was a danger to herself, arranged to have her committed to a psychiatric hospital in Batavia, Illinois, in 1875.

Robert Lincoln smuggled letters to her lawyer, James B Bradwell, and his wife, Myra Bradwell, who was not only her friend but a feminist lawyer and fellow spiritualist.

Robert Lincoln wrote to the editor of the Chicago Times, known for its sensational journalism.

Soon, the public embarrassments Robert Lincoln had hoped to avoid were looming, and his character and motives were in question.

From 1876 to 1877 Robert Lincoln served as Town Supervisor of South Chicago, a town which was later absorbed into the city of Chicago.

Robert Lincoln served as the US minister to the United Kingdom, formally the Court of St James's, from 1889 to 1893 under President Benjamin Harrison.

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Robert Lincoln was general counsel of the Pullman Palace Car Company under George Pullman, and was named president after Pullman's death in 1897.

Pullman hid from the deputy marshal sent to his office with the subpoena and then appeared with Robert Lincoln to meet privately with Judge Grosscup after the jury had been dismissed.

In 1911, Robert Lincoln became chairman of the board, a position he held until 1922.

Robert Lincoln was a dedicated golfer, and served as president of the Ekwanok Country Club in Manchester.

Robert Lincoln made his last public appearance at the dedication ceremony in Washington, DC for his father's memorial on May 30,1922.

Robert Lincoln was coincidentally either present or nearby when three presidential assassinations occurred.

Robert Lincoln was once saved from possible serious injury or death by Edwin Booth, whose brother, John Wilkes Booth, was the assassin of Robert's father.

Robert Lincoln recalled the incident in a 1909 letter to Richard Watson Gilder, editor of The Century Magazine:.

Months after the incident, while serving as an officer on the staff of General Ulysses S Grant, Robert Lincoln recalled the incident to his fellow officer, Colonel Adam Badeau, who happened to be a friend of Edwin Booth.

From 1884 to 1912, Robert Lincoln's name was mentioned in varying degrees of seriousness as a candidate for the Republican presidential or vice-presidential nomination.

Robert Todd Lincoln died in his sleep at Hildene, his Vermont home, on July 26,1926, a week before his 83rd birthday.

Robert Lincoln was later interred in Arlington National Cemetery in a sarcophagus designed by the sculptor James Earle Fraser.

Robert Lincoln is buried with his wife, Mary, and their son, Abraham II, who had died in London, England, of sepsis in 1890 at the age of 16.

Robert Lincoln had little in common with his father personally or politically – he was not humorous or unpretentious, but rather cold, stuffy, and aloof.

Robert Lincoln was the last surviving member of both the Garfield and Arthur Cabinets.

Robert's children, Jessie Harlan Lincoln Beckwith had two children, but neither of them had children of their own.