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Mary Todd Lincoln House

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Mary Todd Lincoln House
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Phone:
+1 859-233-9999

Hours:
SundayClosed
Monday10am - 3pm
Tuesday10am - 3pm
Wednesday10am - 3pm
Thursday10am - 3pm
Friday10am - 3pm
Saturday10am - 3pm


Mary Ann Todd Lincoln 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 , 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 murder, but later retired to the home of her sister. She also complained of many physical symptoms during her adult life.
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