Presidential security

[Jim Woodall]

Anne Clayton - Thanks for posting the link. I had previously visited his site in looking for further information on two relatives from the early MPD. One is Captain William Thomas Anderson(often referred to as Captain Thomas Anderson) who did not join until 1873 and was a member of the force for 47 years just barely eeking out a lengthier service than his cousin, the last of the original members from 1861, Lingan B. Anderson.

Lingan had served, at times, on White House duty where he had fond memories of President Lincoln. He also searched for Booth out in Anacostia. He supposedly wore badge number 1. I see from the link that the website has 4 pictures of Lingan including the mounted picture and one other which also appear in the Washington Post full page article from 19 August 1917 on pg. 4.

For those who have read my postings discussing relatives associated with Mary Surratt, I had relatives on the other side, as well.

Another site that has many MPD service records listed is Bytes of History