For other women named Mary Lincoln, see Mary Lincoln.
Mary Todd Lincoln
Mary Todd Lincoln while First Lady in 1861
First Lady of the United States
In role March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865
President
Abraham Lincoln
Preceded by
Harriet Lane (acting)
Succeeded by
Eliza Johnson
Personal details
Born
Mary Ann Todd
(1818-12-13)December 13, 1818 Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
Died
July 16, 1882(1882-07-16) (aged 63) Springfield, Illinois, U.S.
Resting place
Lincoln Tomb
Spouse
Abraham Lincoln
(m. 1842; died 1865)
Children
Robert
Edward
Willie
Tad
Parent(s)
Robert Smith Todd Elizabeth Ann Parker Todd
Signature
Mary Ann Todd Lincoln (December 13, 1818 – July 16, 1882[1]) served as the first lady of the United States from 1861 until the assassination of her husband, President Abraham Lincoln, in 1865.
Mary Todd was born into a large and wealthy, slave-owning Kentucky family, although Mary herself never owned slaves and in her adulthood came to oppose slavery. Well educated, after finishing-school in her late teens, she moved to Springfield, Illinois. She lived there with her married sister Elizabeth Todd Edwards, the wife of an Illinois congressman. Before she married Abraham Lincoln, Mary was courted by his long-time political opponent Stephen A. Douglas. Mary Lincoln staunchly supported her husband's career and political ambitions and throughout his presidency she was active in keeping national morale high during the Civil War. She acted as the White House social coordinator, throwing lavish balls and redecorating the White House at great expense; her spending was the source of much consternation. She was seated next to Abraham when he was assassinated in the President's Box at Ford's Theatre on Tenth Street in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865.
The Lincolns had four sons of whom only the eldest, Robert, survived both parents. The deaths of her husband and three of her sons weighed heavily on her. Mary Lincoln suffered from numerous physical and mental health problems during her life. She had frequent migraines, which were exacerbated by a head injury in 1863. She likely suffered with depression; some historians think she may have had bipolar disorder. She was briefly institutionalized for psychiatric illness in 1875, but later retired to the home of her sister. She died in 1882 at age 63.
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