Robert Todd Lincoln

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Robert Todd Lincoln was the eldest son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, who became a prominent lawyer, businessman, and statesman, serving as Secretary of War and U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessman
human
lawyer
statesman
appointedBy James A. Garfield
birthDate 1843-08-01
birthPlace Springfield, Illinois, United States
boardMemberOf Pullman Company
burialPlace Arlington National Cemetery
child Abraham Lincoln II
Jessie Harlan Lincoln
Mary Lincoln Beckwith
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1926-07-26
deathPlace Manchester, Vermont, United States
educatedAt Harvard College
Harvard Law School
Illinois State University (preparatory studies)
endTime 1885-03-04
endTime (Minister to the UK) 1893
familyName Lincoln
father Abraham Lincoln
givenName Robert
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party (United States)
mother Mary Todd Lincoln
notableEmployer Pullman Company
notableEvent present in Washington, D.C. at the time of Abraham Lincoln's assassination
present near the scene of President James A. Garfield's assassination
notableProperty Hildene (family estate in Manchester, Vermont)
notableWork oversight of U.S. Army modernization as Secretary of War
occupation business executive
lawyer
politician
officeHeldFor United States Department of War
United States legation to the United Kingdom
positionHeld United States Minister to the United Kingdom
United States Secretary of War
president of the Pullman Company
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States
Manchester, Vermont, United States
Washington, D.C., United States
servedUnder President Benjamin Harrison
President Chester A. Arthur
President James A. Garfield
sibling Edward Baker Lincoln
Thomas "Tad" Lincoln
William Wallace Lincoln
spouse Mary Eunice Harlan
startTime 1881-03-05
startTime (Minister to the UK) 1889


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