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Robert Smith Todd (February 25, 1791 – July 17, 1849) was an American lawyer, soldier, banker, businessman and politician. He was the father of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln.
Learn about the Todd family, the parents and siblings of Mary Todd Lincoln, who grew up in Lexington, Kentucky. Find out how they were involved in business, politics, and the Civil War.
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Robert Smith Todd had been educated at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky and became clerk of the Kentucky state house of delegates, a state assemblyman, and a state senator. He and his wife, Eliza Parker, had seven children of whom Mary was the fourth.
7 mar 2022 · On July 17, 1849, Robert Smith Todd of Lexington, Kentucky, died suddenly of cholera. He was among thousands who’d die in the world-wide epidemic that had already killed former president James K. Polk a month before and would be blamed for the death of Edgar Allan Poe a bit later.
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Mary was the daughter of a prominent Lexington native Robert Smith Todd and his first wife Eliza Parker, who died when Mary was six years old. Mary was the fourth of the eventual sixteen children born in her father’s two marriages.
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15 mag 2019 · Il padre di Mary Todd, Robert Smith Todd, era un banchiere locale con legami politici. Era cresciuto vicino alla tenuta di Henry Clay , una figura importante nella politica americana all'inizio del XIX secolo. Quando Mary era giovane, Clay cenava spesso in casa Todd.
In a state senate campaign, an opponent charged that Robert S. Todd was nominated by the emancipationist wing of his party and his record made him “no friend to the institution” of slavery. Robert defended his political positions and stated “I am a slaveholder.
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