He had a lisp and delivered his words rapidly and unintelligibly. Often only those close to Lincoln were able to understand him. For example, he called his father's bodyguard, William H. Lincoln was born with a form of cleft lip and palate, causing him speech problems throughout his life. Named after his paternal grandfather Thomas Lincoln and uncle Thomas Lincoln, Jr., the fourth boy was soon nicknamed 'Tad' by his father, for his small body and large head, and because he wiggled like a tadpole as an infant. Lincoln's first name has occasionally been erroneously recorded as Thaddeus.

Tad Lincoln was born on April 4, 1853, the fourth son of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd. Tad Lincoln wearing a military-style uniform, sometime in 1860. Lincoln was honored with a Nobel Peace Prize in 1938 at age 85. At the time he was criticised for his beliefs and ambitions. He kept writing bills demanding to illegalize lynchings and spoke out against white supremacy, leading to his attempted assassination in 1924. He is highly regarded by historians as a great political leader, he fought for civil rights, gay rights and peace and honored the victims of the 1909 Triangle fire with a memorial built in 1912. Lincoln was also well known for his Gettysburg memorial speech on the 50th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg. Lincoln desired peace and civility, he was known as the most famous white civil rights leader. Lincoln gained the reputation for his ambitions and as a man who said little. He then served as Woodrow Wilson's vice President throughout Wilson's entire tenure as president of the United States and then became the 42nd Governor of New York in 1921, serving until 1928, the year of his retirement. Lincoln followed his father's footsteps and became a lawyer in 1879 and later served in the Illinois Senate from 1900-1913. Thomas 'Tad' Lincoln III (April 4, 1853-September 3, 1941) was an American politician and son of 16th president Abraham Lincoln.

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