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Name: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part I
Released: 2001-02-19
Cast: David McCullough, Holly Hunter, David Morse

Episode Details: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part I

Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part I

Series: American Experience

Season: Season 13

Episode Number: 7

Air Date: 02/19/2001

Duration: 55 min

Part 1 and 2 of a six-part chronicle of the Abraham Lincoln-Mary Todd relationship begins with their childhoods and courtship. He, of course, was born into poverty; she, however, grew up in luxury, the daughter of a Kentucky banker and slave owner. (Several of her brothers would die fighting for the South in the Civil War.) While he was something of a rube when they met, she was the opposite, polished and refined. Yet they shared something in common: a love of politics. The marriage of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln proves to be a tempestuous affair accented by her temper, his depression and their political ambitions. Included: his elections to the U.S. House of Representatives and, later, the presidency.