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Henry Riggs Rathbone (* 12. Februar 1870 in Washington, D.C.; † 15. Juli 1928 in Chicago, Illinois) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. Zwischen 1923 und 1928 vertrat er den Bundesstaat Illinois im US-Repräsentantenhaus .
Henry Riggs Rathbone (February 12, 1870 – July 15, 1928) was a congressman from Illinois. He served Illinois's at-large congressional district from 1923 until his death in 1928.
- Early Life and Family
- Legal and Military Career
- Lincoln Assassination
- Later Life and Death
- Portrayals
Rathbone was born in Albany, New York, one of four children of Jared L. Rathbone, a merchant and wealthy businessman who later became the first elected Mayor of Albany, and Pauline Rathbone (née Penney). Upon his father's death in 1845, Rathbone inherited $200,000 (the equivalent of $6,300,000 in 2022).[citation needed] His widowed mother married I...
Rathbone studied law at Union College, where he was known to miss many classes, and worked in a law partnership in Albany.[citation needed] In 1858, he entered the New York National Guard, where he worked as a judge advocate.[citation needed] Shortly after this, he was selected to be sent to Europe as an observer during the Second Italian War for I...
On April 14, 1865, Rathbone and Harris accepted an invitation from President Lincoln and First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, to see a play at Ford's Theatre. Rathbone and Harris had been friends with the president and his wife for some time and were invited after Ulysses S. Grant and his wife, Julia, and several others had declined the invitation. During...
Although Rathbone's physical wounds healed, his mental state deteriorated in the years following Lincoln's death as he anguished over his perceived inability to thwart the assassination. After his resignation from the military in 1870, Rathbone struggled to find and keep a job due to his mental instability. He became convinced that Harris was unfai...
Earl Schenck (1924) The Dramatic Life of Abraham LincolnLloyd Whitlock (1936) The Prisoner of Shark IslandSteve Darrell (1955) Prince of PlayersJohn Cooler (1977) The Lincoln Conspiracy3. Okt. 2022 · Union Army Major Henry Rathbone spent his life wracked with guilt after he wasn't able to stop John Wilkes Booth, causing his mental health to eventually deteriorate so much that he murdered his wife in 1883.
- Jessica Oconnor
31. Juli 2014 · Major Henry Riggs Rathbone, along with his fiancée Clara Harris, was in a celebratory mood. On that night the Major and Miss. Harris were asked by President Lincoln to accompany him and the First Lady to Ford’s Theatre. Rathbone accepted the invitation.
22. Mai 2023 · Proving that he wasn’t bitter about his parents’ fateful night out with the Lincolns, Henry Riggs Rathbone headed an unsuccessful attempt to get the government to establish a Lincoln museum...
Henry Riggs Rathbone war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. Zwischen 1923 und 1928 vertrat er den Bundesstaat Illinois im US-Repräsentantenhaus.
