mary todd lincoln was involved in her husband's assassination. a month before the assassination she went on a shopping spree buying a lot of black clothing, and veils. she told all of the shop keepers that she was going to a funeral, and they didn't think much of it. but after lincoln was shot, and word got out that she would be going to his funeral. the many many shops where she had purchased clothes for mourning, assumed that she would wear their clothing to the funeral, and bragged about it.  she believed that she would become a sophisticated lady, and member of high society, being that she would be the widow of the us president. she had purchased 40 dresses, for mourning thinking she would be very popular and making a lot of appearances. george clooney is her cousin, by the way. after lincoln's funeral she never got to be a member of the aristocracy, instead her family had her committed, claiming that she had a mental breakdown from witnessing her husband's assassination. she was locked up and silenced for good. days before the assassination she fired abe's secret service agent and replaced him with someone that she requested by name. she insisted that abe take her to ford's theater that evening, and wouldn't take no for an answer. even after grant had backed out of attending the theater that evening, where they would have sat in the same box.
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