Robert Todd Lincoln

Other Events:

• Military: as Captain & Adj. General on General Grant's staff in Civil War
• Occupation: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States; Chairman of the Board of The Pullman Company
• Graduation: 1864; Harvard University
• Misc: 16 Feb 1867; was admitted to the bar
• Misc: 1875; he instigated an insanity hearing for his mother
• Misc: Between 1881 and 1885; he was U. S. Secretary of War
• Misc: Between 1889 and 1893; he was U. S. Minister to Great Britain

Notes:

LINCOLN, Robert Todd, cabinet officer, was born in Springfield, Illinois., Aug. 1, 1843; son of Abraham and Mary (Todd) Lincoln. He attended a local academy, 1850-53; the Illinois State University, 1853-59, and Phillips Exeter academy, and was graduated from Harvard in 1864. He studied for a short time at the Harvard Law school; applied for admission in the military service and was commissioned captain, serving on the staff of General Grant throughout the final campaign of the civil war. He resumed his law studies at Chicago, Illinois; was admitted to the bar Feb. 16, 1867, and practiced in Chicago. He was appointed supervisor in south Chicago in 1876; was a delegate to the Republican state convention held at Springfield in 1880, and was the same year chosen a presidential elector. He was appointed secretary of war in President Garfield's cabinet in 1881, and upon the assassination of the President and the accession of Vice-President Arthur to the presidency, he was the only member of the cabinet that was retained. In 1884 he was prominently mentioned as nominee for President, but declined to oppose the nomination of President Arthur. On the expiration of Arthur's administration he returned to Chicago and continued the practice of law. He was U.S. minister to Great Britain by appointment of President Harrison, 1889-93. Upon the death of George M. Pullman in 1897 he became acting president of the Pullman Palace Car company. The honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by Harvard in 1898. [Source: "The 20th Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Vol.6, pg.434]

Robert married Mary Eunice Harlan on 24 Sep 1868 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Mary (daughter of James Harlan and Ann Eliza Peck) was born on 25 Sep 1846 in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, United States; died on 31 Mar 1937 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States; was buried in Apr 1937 in Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Misc: was 16th President of the United States
• Misc: was first President to receive a patent

Abraham married Mary Todd on 4 Nov 1842 in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. Mary was born on 13 Dec 1818 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, United States; died on 16 Jul 1882 in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, United States; was buried in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Misc: 20 May 1875; was committed to Bellevue Place Sanatorium in Batavia, Illinois