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Robert Todd Lincoln

1843 - 1926

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Robert Todd Lincoln (August 1, 1843 – July 26, 1926) was an American lawyer and businessman. The eldest son of President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln, he was the only one of their four children to survive past the teenage years and also the only one to outlive both his parents. Robert Lincoln became a business lawyer and company president, and served as both United States Secretary of War (1881–1885) and the U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain (1889–1893). Lincoln was born in Springfield, Illinois, and graduated from Harvard College. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Todd Lincoln is the 7,097th most popular politician (down from 6,880th in 2019), the 2,587th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,225th in 2019) and the 216th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert Todd Lincoln ranks 7,097 out of 19,576Before him are Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, Sarit Thanarat, Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria, Emperor Jingzong of Tang, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Artabanus of Persia. After him are Maggie Hassan, Sarah Aaronsohn, Francisco Morazán, Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah, Nguyễn Hữu Thọ, and Jalal al-Din Khan ibn Tokhtamysh.

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Among people born in 1843, Robert Todd Lincoln ranks 38Before him are Antonio Labriola, Mikhail Skobelev, David Popper, Frederic W. H. Myers, Adelina Patti, and Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev. After him are Odoardo Beccari, Eugene de Blaas, Shō Tai, Julio Argentino Roca, Kitty Lange Kielland, and Sara Forbes Bonetta. Among people deceased in 1926, Robert Todd Lincoln ranks 40Before him are Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Victor, Prince Napoléon, Alphonse Borrelly, Théo van Rysselberghe, Eino Leino, and Edwin Abbott Abbott. After him are Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta, Ivana Kobilca, Émile Coué, Nikolay Chkheidze, Leonid Krasin, and Francis Ysidro Edgeworth.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Todd Lincoln ranks 2,587 out of 20,380Before him are Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892), Timothy D. Snyder (1969), Jim Lightbody (1882), Edward T. Hall (1914), Ethel Barrymore (1879), and Ub Iwerks (1901). After him are Maggie Hassan (1958), Michael Rosbash (1944), Stockton Rush (1962), Samuel Adams (1722), J. Carrol Naish (1896), and Kate Capshaw (1953).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Robert Todd Lincoln ranks 216Before him are William H. Seward (1801), Curtis LeMay (1906), Sam Houston (1793), Ron Paul (1935), Henry L. Stimson (1867), and George Wallace (1919). After him are Maggie Hassan (1958), Samuel Adams (1722), Mike Pompeo (1963), John Breckinridge (1760), Shirley Chisholm (1924), and John C. Calhoun (1782).