Mary Todd Lincoln - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Dec 13, 1818 Lexington, Kentucky, United States Died on 16 Jul 1882 (aged 63)

wife of Abraham Lincoln and First Lady of the United States

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About Mary Todd Lincoln

  • Mary Todd Lincoln (née Mary Ann Todd; December 13, 1818 – July 16, 1882) was the wife of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, and as such the First Lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865.
  • She dropped the name Ann after her younger sister, Ann Todd (Clark), was born, and did not use the name Todd after marrying. Mary was a member of a large, wealthy Kentucky family, and was well educated.
  • After finishing school during her teens, she moved to Springfield, Illinois, where she lived with her married sister Elizabeth Edwards.
  • Before she married Abraham Lincoln, Mary was courted by his long-time political opponent Stephen A.
  • Douglas.
  • She and Lincoln had four sons together, only one of whom outlived her.
  • Their home of about 17 years still stands at Eighth and Jackson Streets in Springfield, Illinois. She supported her husband throughout his presidency.
  • She witnessed his fatal shooting when they were together in the President's Box at Ford's Theatre on Tenth Street in Washington. Mary was briefly involuntarily institutionalized for psychiatric disease ten years after her husband's assassination, but later retired to the home of her sister.
  • She also complained of many physical symptoms during her adult life.

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