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Discover one of America's most fascinating first ladies during a visit to her girlhood home. The Mary Todd Lincoln House, located in downtown Lexington, Kentucky was the family home of the wife of 16th president Abraham Lincoln.
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Born into a wealthy, political family on December 13, 1818,...
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Born into a wealthy, political family on December 13, 1818, Mary Todd Lincoln was sophisticated, educated, and versed in politics. On the surface, her success in the White House seemed assured. Yet, few women in American history have endured as much tragedy and controversy.
Mary Ann Todd is born on December 13 in Lexington, Kentucky. Her parents, Robert and Eliza Todd, three siblings, and three enslaved women live in a house on Short Street. Mother Eliza Todd dies after giving birth to her seventh child. Father Robert marries Betsy Humphreys. Mary enters a school operated by Episcopalian minister John Ward.
Mary Todd Lincoln’s unwavering support, encouragement, and emotional connection were vital in shaping Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and personal life. Lincoln ran for president in the 1860 Election on the Republican Party ticket.
Mary Todd Lincoln was born on December 13, 1818 in Lexington, Kentucky. Her father, Robert Smith Todd, was a banker, and her mother, Elizabeth Parker Todd, was an upper-class Southern housewife. Mary was the fourth of seven children. When Mary was six years old, her mother died during childbirth.
Mary Ann Todd Lincoln (December 13, 1818 – July 16, 1882) served as the First Lady of the United States from 1861 until the assassination of her husband, President Abraham Lincoln, in 1865.. Mary Todd was born into a large and wealthy slave-owning family in Kentucky, although Mary never owned slaves and in her adulthood came to oppose slavery.Well educated, after finishing-school in her late ...
Called “Mother” by Mr. Lincoln, Mary Todd was the fourth child of Robert and Eliza Parker Todd. Raised in Lexington, Kentucky, Mary came to Springfield, Illinois to visit her sisters in 1840. After a tumultuous courtship, she married Abraham Lincoln on November 4, 1842.
