78 year old Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham, is helped up the steps of the Lincoln Memorial for its dedication ceremony, May 30, 1922.
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Robert was President Lincoln's eldest child, and the only one to survive to adulthood. He served as Secretary of War in the Garfield and Arthur administrations, as Ambassador to the United Kingdom during the Harrison administration, and had a very successful business career. Highly intelligent, he lacked the humor and warmth of his father.
On April 14, 1865, Robert turned down an invitation to accompany his parents to Ford's Theater.
In July 1881, Robert was present, at President Garfield's invitation, at the Sixth Street Train Station in Washington DC where he witnessed the fatal shooting of Garfield by Charles Guiteau.
In September 1901, Robert was present, at President McKinley's invitation, at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo NY, when McKinley was mortally wounded. Robert was outside the building where the shooting occurred and was not an eyewitness.
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