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Relationship Between Abraham Lincoln And Mary Todd

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Who wakes up one morning and says “I will be married to the President of the United States”? Well Mary Todd Lincoln does. Mary Todd married Abraham Lincoln on November 4, 1842. The relationship between Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln, was an important part of history because they made many decisions together. Mary Todd was raised in Kentucky and moved to Illinois. Mary was very emotional and outspoken. She lost her mother when she was only 6 years old. She was raised on a slave-owning family. Abraham Lincoln meet Mary Todd while she was living at her sister’s house in Springfield. Abraham was poorer than Mary Todd and he only had two years of education. Abraham was a kindhearted person versus Mary being emotional. Mary was very mean to Lincoln because she felt like she was better than him,but they still loved each other. Also, They were very different because their economic and security background we're comely different. Some things they had in common were they both loved poetry, books, and politics. Before they got married, they broke up in early 1841, but got were married on November 4, 1842. They got back together because a friend got them together again. When they broke up Lincoln didn't leave Mary “standing at the altar.” After they got married they had their first …show more content…

and Mrs. Lincoln were very different but they made it to the White House because they worked together. When Mr. Lincoln became President, Mrs. Lincoln tried to help but wasn’t allowed to. President Lincoln ran the war and Mrs. Lincoln ran the White House. They had bad things happen in the family and it affected their relationship. But when the war ended, they were ready to plan for the future. The relationship between Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, was an important part of history because they made a lot of decisions together. It was a big part of how President Lincoln got elected and some say it was a part of how he was

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