Robert Lincoln

Robert Lincoln (1843-1926) was the eldest son of Abraham and Mary Lincoln. He lived in Chicago, Illinois and was involved in the Republican Party. He hosted his father in 1882 when the elder Lincoln convened a meeting of prominent Republicans in 1882. On the same trip, Lincoln defected to the Socialist Party. Robert Lincoln opposed the defection and, while he continued to allow his father to stay at his home, he forbade him to invite Socialists into it.