Abraham Lincoln

Robert Todd Lincoln

He was born August 1, 1843 and he died July 25, 1926. He served as Secretary of War and as Minister to Great Britain. He was an effective president of the Pullman Corporation. Considered by many historians as one of the most successful of presidential children, Robert married Mary Harlan, a Cabinet Secretary's daughter, had three children and lived into his eighties.

Edward Baker "Eddie" Lincoln

He was born March 10, 1846 and died at age three on February 1, 1850.

William Wallace "Willie" Lincoln

He was born December 21, 1850 and died of pneumonia on February 20, 1862. "Willy" and little brother "Tad" were the little terrors of the White House. It was Willie's death at eleven years of age, in the middle of the Civil War, that pushed First Lady Mary Lincoln over the emotional edge. But it also refined the president's ability to empathize with the nation's suffering.

Thomas "Tad" Lincoln

He was born April 4, 1853. He died of diphtheria as a teenager on July 15, 1871. Staff, observers, and even an older brother, Robert, were scandalized by the Lincoln's over indulgence of their youngest child. He was twelve when his father was assassinated. His emotionally disturbed mother hauled him off to Europe, where he was enrolled and withdrawn from a succession of private schools. He died shortly after their return to the States.

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