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Served as both President of the Pullman Company (1901-1911) and Chairman of the Board (1911-1922).

Was discussed as a potential Republican Presidential candidate 1884, 1888, 1892 and 1912 but was never interested in seeking the office.

U.S. Secretary of War, 1881-1885. Son of President Abraham Lincoln.

Children: Mary (15 October 1869 - 21 November 1938), Abraham (14 August 1873 - 5 March 1890), Jessie (6 November 1875 - 4 January 1948).

He served in the Union Army in 1865 as a Captain in the final months of the civil war. He served on General Ulysses S. Grant's staff and was one of the Union Army officers present the Appotomex Courthouse where Grant accepted the surrender of the Confederate forces by General Robert E. Lee.

Lincoln's life was saved in 1864 by noted stage actor Edwin Booth when Lincoln accidentally slipped off a train platform in 1864 in Jersey City. Lincoln recognized the actor and thanked him. Ironically, Edwin's brother, John Wilkes Booth, assassinated his father one year later. When Lincoln recounted the story publicly in 1909, he said that he sincerely hoped that Edwin's saving his life gave him some comfort in the years following the assassination.

Robert Lincoln was born on August 1, 1843 in Springfield, Illinois, USA as Robert Todd Lincoln. He was married to Mary Harlan.