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2 days ago · William Henry Seward ( / ˈsuːərd /; [1] May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States senator.
Jun 28, 2024 · Alaska Purchase, acquisition in 1867 by the U.S. from Russia of 586,412 square miles of land at the northwestern tip of the North American continent, comprising the current U.S. state of Alaska. The $7.2 million purchase was orchestrated by U.S. Secretary of State William Seward and branded ‘Seward’s Folly.’
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1 day ago · Booth had assigned Lewis Powell to kill Secretary of State William H. Seward. On the night of the assassination, Seward was at his home on Lafayette Square , confined to bed and recovering from injuries sustained on April 5 from being thrown from his carriage.
4 days ago · Summary. Best known as Abraham Lincoln’s secretary of state during the Civil War, William Henry Seward conducted full careers as a statesman, politician, and visionary of America’s future, both before and after that traumatic conflict. His greatest legacy, however, lay in his service as the secretary of state, leading the diplomatic effort ...
3 days ago · Chester A. Arthur, William Lloyd Garrison, and General Winfield Scott Hancock were amongst the celebrities who attended the 1876 dedication of the William Henry Seward statue in Madison Square...
3 days ago · He was a rival for the state party leadership with the editor Thurlow Weed and his protégé William H. Seward. Throughout his career, Fillmore declared slavery evil but said it was beyond the federal government's power to end it.
Jun 17, 2024 · John Wilkes Booth was part of a family of celebrated actors, but he is remembered as the assassin who mortally wounded U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln in Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865, as part of a broader conspiracy that included an attempt on the life of Secretary of State William H. Seward.
