Robert Todd Lincoln had been present at shooting or deathbed of three assassinated presidents

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Robert Todd Lincoln (with Taft and Harding at Lincoln Memorial dedication today 1922) had been present at shooting or deathbed of assassinated Presidents Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley:

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My favorite Robert Todd Lincoln story is he slipped off the platform at a New Jersey train station when he was a student at Harvard during the war, and a strong hand reached down and pulled him to safety. That hand belonged to famous actor Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes.

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1. I love Beschloss... His history tweets almost make twitter worth it, despite the most negative user