From Wikipedia.
December 25, 1818 to March 18, 1891. Partner and biographer of Lincoln and early member of the new Republican Party. He was never invited to the Lincoln House for dinner because of Mary Todd Lincoln who didn't like him at all.
Herndon also called the two Lincoln younger sons, Willie and Tad as undisciplined and disruptive brats.
His final meeting with Lincoln occurred in 1862 when he visited Washington, D.C.. Abraham Lincoln received him cordially, but still he wasn't invited into the private White House quarters because of Mary Todd.
Herndon is buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery which is also where the Lincoln Tomb is located.
--Old Secesh
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