1. Thomas "Tad" Lincoln was the fourth and youngest son of the 16th president of the United States Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd Lincoln.
10 Facts About Tad Lincoln
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Thomas Lincoln was born on April 4,1853, the fourth son of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd.
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Tad Lincoln was born with a form of cleft lip and palate, which caused him speech problems throughout his life.
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Tad Lincoln had a lisp and delivered his words rapidly and unintelligibly.
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In February 1862, both Tad Lincoln boys contracted typhoid fever and both boys were bedridden.
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Tad Lincoln had free run of the White House, and there are stories of him interrupting presidential meetings, collecting animals, charging visitors to see his father, and more.
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Robert moved out after a short time, and Tad Lincoln began attending school.
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Tad Lincoln suffered from what one modern commentator has called a "complex speech and language disorder" related to some form of a cleft lip or palate.
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On Saturday morning, July 15,1871, Tad Lincoln died at the age of 18 at the Clifton House hotel in Chicago.
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Tad Lincoln's body was transported to Springfield and buried in the Lincoln Tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery, alongside his father and two of his brothers.