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Abraham Lincoln was a ‘crazy cat lady’.
He regularly took in strays at the White
House and was gifted two kittens, Tabby
and Dixie, by a cabinet member. He was
so in love with the duo that he fed Tabby
under the table at a state dinner once
and was heard exclaiming, ‘Dixie is
smarter than my whole cabinet! And
furthermore she doesn’t talk back!’ SourceSource 2
17-year-old Vinnie Ream got to meet with
Abraham Lincoln every day for 5 months
straight. Senators hired her to sculpt a
bust of her choosing, and she picked
Lincoln, who gave her his time each day.
She was also hired to sculpt his memorial
statue, despite a senator’s warning that
her age and sex would cause her to fail.
She was the first woman commissioned
by the US government, and her work still
stands in the Capitol Rotunda today. SourceSource 2
oh my word he was the gayest and his most notable male lovers were
Joshua Fry Speed
a bed salesman/ inn keeper
he and Lincoln met when he was 28 and Speed was around 22 b/c Abe was practicing law and he was poor so he had to rent out a room
when Lincoln couldn’t afford a room and bed Joshua was just like “why don’t you share my bed with me 😘”
they lived together for four whole years
also when Speed had to go back to Kentucky (they were in Illinois together at this point) Lincoln actually suffered what historians consider a nervous breakdown, he wrote in his diaries a lot about how depressed he was during this time
they still wrote each other letters though and remained friends until Lincoln died
David Derickson
the commanding officer of his guards while he was President
he even had his own special bed in the White House that they would share
they had their own getaway cottage on the outskirts of the White House’s borders I kid you not
ALSO
HE ACTUALLY LEGITIMATELY WORE LINCOLN’S NIGHT SHIRT OKAY
THEY WERE NOT SUBTLE
THOMAS CHAMBERLAIN HAD THE TEA ON THEIR RELATIONSHIP, HE WROTE IT ALL DOWN
