<Dl> <Dt> Lincoln household </Dt> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> Daniel Day - Lewis as President Abraham Lincoln <Dl> <Dd> His performance earned Day - Lewis his third Academy Award for Best Actor, making him the only actor who has won three Oscars in the leading actor category . </Dd> </Dl> </Li> <Li> Sally Field as First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln <Dl> <Dd> Her performance earned Field a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress . </Dd> </Dl> </Li> <Li> Gloria Reuben as Elizabeth Keckley, a former slave who was dressmaker and confidante to Mary Todd Lincoln . </Li> <Li> Joseph Gordon - Levitt as Robert Todd Lincoln <Dl> <Dd> Robert Lincoln had recently left his studies at Harvard Law School and was newly named a Union Army captain and personal attendant to General Grant . He returned to the White House on April 14, 1865 to visit his family . His father was assassinated that night . </Dd> </Dl> </Li> <Li> Gulliver McGrath as Tad Lincoln </Li> <Li> Stephen Henderson as Lincoln's valet William Slade </Li> <Li> Elizabeth Marvel as Mrs. Jolly </Li> </Ul> <Li> Daniel Day - Lewis as President Abraham Lincoln <Dl> <Dd> His performance earned Day - Lewis his third Academy Award for Best Actor, making him the only actor who has won three Oscars in the leading actor category . </Dd> </Dl> </Li> <Dl> <Dd> His performance earned Day - Lewis his third Academy Award for Best Actor, making him the only actor who has won three Oscars in the leading actor category . </Dd> </Dl>

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