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In 1861, Abraham Lincoln chose his former rival for the Republican presidential nomination Senator William Henry Seward of New York to be his Secretary of State. He served under Lincoln and his successor, Andrew Johnson, until 1869. Although Seward was at times impetuous – shortly after taking office in 1861 he proposed to Lincoln that the Union be preserved by starting a war with France or ...
John Taylor, William Henry Seward. (Brassey’s 1991) William H. Seward, President Abraham Lincoln’s first and only secretary of state, was a force of political nature. Writer Henry Adams described Seward’s “slouching slender figure; a head like a wise macaw; a beaked nose; shaggy eyebrows; unorderly hair and clothes; hoarse voice ...
The Cabinet: William H. Seward (1801-1872) William H. Seward seemed destined to be elected President in 1860. That’s what he and his supporters thought, so it came as a rude awakening when the Republican presidential nomination was rudely robbed from them from a country rube from Illinois. Seward “may have felt that his failure to secure ...
William Henry Seward Jr. (June 18, 1839 – April 29, 1920) was an American banker and brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was the youngest son of William H. Seward , the United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson .
We invite you to visit the Seward House Museum, the historic home of William Henry Seward and his family. Serving as a New York State Senator, Governor of New York, a U.S. Senator, and as Secretary of State in the Lincoln and Johnson administrations, Seward was one of the foremost politicians of nineteenth century America.
Lawyer, Land Agent, Politician. Signature. William Henry Seward (May 16, 1801–October 10, 1872) was an American politician. He was the 12th Governor of New York, and later a United States Senator. He was also the United States Secretary of State for two presidents, Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. He was very much against slavery.
William H. Seward; 24th United States Secretary of State; Termino March 5, 1861 – March 4, 1869 President Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson: Suminunod ki: Jeremiah S. Black: Sinundan ni
