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Mary Lincoln

Significant Others

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Mary Todd's Marriage to Abraham Lincoln

Mary Todd was the spoiled smart daughter of a rich southern man who, at 21, was getting dangerously close to spinster territory. She turned down multiple suitors on this premise, including Stephen A. Douglas,. The only person more ambitious for Lincoln's political life than himself was his wife.

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