William Henry Seward
24th United States Secretary of State
In office March 5, 1861 – March 4, 1869
Preceded by	Jeremiah S. Black
Succeeded by	Elihu B. Washburne
Born	May 16, 1801(1801-05-16) Florida, New York, U.S.
Died	October 10, 1872 (aged 71) Auburn, New York, U.S.
Political party	Whig, Republican
Spouse	Frances Adeline Seward
Profession	Lawyer, Land Agent, Politician
Religion	Episcopalian

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Early life and career

Seward was born in Florida, NY, a community (which since has incorporated as a village) in Orange County, New York. His parents were Dr. Samuel Sweazy Seward (December 5, 1768-August 4, 1849) and Mary Jennings Seward (November 27, 1769-December 11, 1844). Florida is a village located in Orange County, New York. ... The definitions of the political subdivisions of the state of New York differ from those in certain other countries or even various other U.S. states, leading to misunderstandings regarding the governmental nature of an area. ... The Orange County Government Center in Goshen, N.Y., designed by Paul Rudolph. ... is the 339th day of the year (340th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1768 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... is the 216th day of the year (217th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1849 (MDCCCXLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 331st day of the year (332nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1769 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... December 11 is the 345th day of the year (346th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jan. ...

He attended Union College, studying law, and graduated in 1820, with high honors. He married Frances Adeline Miller on October 20, 1824, after meeting in 1821. They raised five children: This article is about the Union College in New York. ... For other uses, see Law (disambiguation). ... Frances Adeline Seward in 1844. ... is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

• Augustus Henry Seward (1826–1876)
• Frederick William Seward (1830–1915)
• Cornelia Seward (1836–1837)
• William Henry Seward, Jr. (1839–1920)
• Frances Adeline "Fanny" Seward (1844–1866)

Some years after his wife's death, in 1870, William formally adopted his companion Olive Risley Seward (1841-1908) as his "daughter". Frederick William Seward (July 8, 1830 – April 25, 1915) was born in Auburn, New York, the son of United States Secretary of State William Henry Seward, Sr. ... William Henry Seward, Jr. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see Adoption (disambiguation). ... Olive Risley Seward, age 25 Olive Risley Seward (1841 – November 27, 1908) was the adopted daughter of Frances Adeline Seward and William Henry Seward, United States Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ...

In his early career he was a radical opponent of slavery. He opposed the expansion of slavery and resisted attempts by Southern states to hand over those who enabled fugitive slaves to escape. His views were formed in part by his experiences observing the conditions of slavery while working in Georgia. He then read law in Florida, New York and Goshen, New York and joined his practice with his father-in-law, Judge Elijah Miller, in Auburn, New York. He suspended his law practice to become a politician when he was elected, at the age of 29, as an anti-Mason candidate for the Whig to the New York senate. In 1838, he was elected Governor of New York, serving for two terms until 1842. As a state senator and governor, Seward promoted progressive political policies including prison reform and increased spending on education, including the idea of schools for immigrants taught in their own language and by members of their own religion. Florida is a village located in Orange County, New York. ... This article is about the state. ... Goshen is a village located in Orange County, New York. ... Elijah Miller (1772 – 1861) was a lawyer and judge in Auburn, New York. ... Auburn is a city in Cayuga County, New York, United States of America. ... The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. ... This article is about the state. ... | Jöns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... This is a list of the Governors of New York. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1846 William Seward became the center of controversy within his hometown when he decided to defend, in separate cases, two African American men accused of murder. Henry Wyatt had stabbed a fellow inmate, while William Freeman, after his release from prison, broke into a home and stabbed to death four people (one of whom Freeman erroneously believed had falsely testified against him). In both cases the defendants were mentally ill and had been severely abused while in prison. Seward having long been an advocate of prison reform and better treatment for the insane sought to prevent both men from being executed by using the relatively new insanity defense. In a case involving mental illness with heavy racial overtones Seward argued:

The color of the prisoner’s skin, and the form of his features, are not impressed upon the spiritual immortal mind which works beneath. In spite of human pride, he is still your brother, and mine, in form and color accepted and approved by his Father, and yours, and mine, and bears equally with us the proudest inheritance of our race—the image of our Maker. Hold him then to be a Man.^[1]

Later, Seward quoted Freeman’s brother in law praising its eloquence, “They have made William Freeman what he is, a brute beast; they don’t make anything else of any of our people but brute beasts; but when we violate their laws, then they want to punish us as if we were men.”^[2] In the end both men were convicted with Wyatt being executed and Freeman dying in prison while Seward vigorously pursued an appeal.

Services to the United States

Lincoln met with his Cabinet for the first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation draft on July 22, 1862. L-R: Edwin M. Stanton, Salmon P. Chase, Abraham Lincoln, Gideon Welles, Caleb B. Smith, William H. Seward, Montgomery Blair and Edward Bates.

The signing of the Alaska Treaty of Cessation on March 30, 1867. L-R: Robert S. Chew, William H. Seward, William Hunter, Mr. Bodisco, Eduard de Stoeckl, Charles Sumner and Frederick W. Seward.

He was elected United States Senator as a Whig in 1849 and emerged as the leader of its anti-slavery wing. Being a fellow Whig, Seward was a friend and supporter of President Zachary Taylor's during his run for the presidency saying, "He is the most gentle-looking and amiable of men." Seward was an opponent of the Fugitive Slave Act, and he defended runaway slaves in court. Seward believed that there was a "higher law" than the Constitution, claiming that slavery was morally wrong. He used this as a justification in defending runaways and in his support of personal liberty laws. In 1850 Seward voted against the Compromise of 1850 and claimed in a speech that if slavery were not abolished, America would become embroiled in a civil war. He continued to argue this point of view over the next ten years. He presented himself as the leading enemy of the Slave Power — that is, the perceived conspiracy of southern slaveowners to seize the government and defeat the progress of liberty. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: Emancipation Proclamation Reproduction of the Emancipation Proclamation at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio The Emancipation Proclamation consists of two executive orders issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. ... is the 203rd day of the year (204th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about 1862 . ... The Running Machine An 1864 cartoon featuring Stanton, William Fessenden, Abraham Lincoln, William Seward and Gideon Welles takes a swing at the Lincoln administration. ... Salmon Portland Chase (January 13, 1808 – May 7, 1873) was an American politician and jurist in the Civil War era who served as Senator from Ohio, Governor of Ohio, as U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Abraham Lincoln, and Chief Justice of the United States. ... For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation). ... Gideon Welles (July 1, 1802–February 11, 1878) was the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869, including the entire duration of the American Civil War: his dedication to naval blockades was one of the key reasons for the Norths victory over the South. ... Caleb Blood Smith (April 16, 1808–January 7, 1864) was an American journalist and politician. ... Montgomery Blair (May 10, 1813–July 27, 1883), son of Francis Preston Blair and elder brother of Francis Preston Blair, Jr. ... Note: This article is about the American lawyer. ... Image File history File links Alaska_Purchase. ... Image File history File links Alaska_Purchase. ... Check used to pay for Alaska The Alaska purchase from Russia by the United States occurred in 1867 at the behest of Secretary of State William Seward. ... is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... William Hunter (1805–1886) was a politician and diplomat from Rhode Island. ... Eduard Andreevich Stoeckl (Эдуард Андреевич Стекль) (1804 – 1875) was a Russian diplomat best known today for having negotiated the American purchase of Alaska on behalf of the Russian government. ... For other persons named Charles Sumner, see Charles Sumner (disambiguation). ... Frederick William Seward (July 8, 1830 – April 25, 1915) was the Assistant Secretary of State during the American Civil War, serving in Abraham Lincolns administration. ... The United States Whig Party was a political party of the United States. ... Year 1849 (MDCCCXLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, trade unions, universities, and countries. ... This article is about the twelfth President of the United States. ... It has been suggested that Fugitive slave laws be merged into this article or section. ... The personal liberty laws were a series of laws passed by several U.S. states in the North in the 1850s in response to the Fugitive Slave Act. ... Henry Clay takes the floor of the Old Senate Chamber; Millard Fillmore presides as Calhoun and Webster look on. ... The Slave Power was the term used in the Northern United States in the period 1840-1865 to describe the political power of the slaveholding class in the South. ...

William H. Seward (c. 1850)

With the decline in the fortunes of the Whig political Party, Seward joined the Republican Party in 1855 and was reelected senator from New York. By this time Seward had moderated his views and became less associated with the group known as the Radical Republicans. Seward lost the presidential nomination to John C. Frémont in 1856. He was expected to get the nomination in 1860 but many of the delegates feared that his radical past would prevent him from winning the election. However, radicals such as Horace Greeley also opposed him because they were angry at his shift to the right. Observing events from Europe, Karl Marx, who was ideologically sympathetic to Frémont, contemptuously regarded Seward as a "Republican Richelieu" and the "Demosthenes of the Republican Party" who had sabotaged Frémont's presidential ambitions. When Abraham Lincoln won the nomination Seward loyally supported him and made a long speaking tour of the West in the autumn of 1860. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For the game, see: 1850 (board game) 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Radical Republicans were certain Republicans in Congress and other federal and state leaders during the American Civil War and Reconstruction eras in U.S. history. ... John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813 – July 13, 1890), was an American military officer, explorer, the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office of President of the United States, and the first presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platform in opposition to slavery. ... Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American editor of a leading newspaper, a founder of the Republican party, reformer and politician. ... Karl Heinrich Marx (May 5, 1818 – March 14, 1883) was a 19th century philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary. ... For other uses, see Richelieu (disambiguation). ... Demosthenes (384–322 BC, Greek: Δημοσθένης, DÄ“mosthénÄ“s) was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. ...

Abraham Lincoln appointed him Secretary of State in 1861 and he served until 1869. As Secretary of State, he argued that the United States must move westward. He fought for the U.S. purchase of Alaska, which he finally negotiated to acquire from Russia for $7,200,000 for 586,412 square miles (1,518,800 km²) of territory (more than twice the size of Texas), on March 30, 1867. This translated into approximately 2 cents per acre. The purchase of this frontier land was alternately mocked as "Seward's Folly", "Seward's Icebox", and Andrew Johnson's "polar bear garden," by the public. Currently, Alaska celebrates the purchase on Seward's Day, the last Monday of March. Check used to pay for Alaska The Alaska purchase from Russia by the United States occurred in 1867 at the behest of Secretary of State William Seward. ... Official language(s) None[1] Spoken language(s) English 85. ... Official language(s) No official language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Largest metro area Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... An acre is the name of a unit of area in a number of different systems, including Imperial units and United States customary units. ... The Alaska Purchase from Russia by the United States occurred in 1867 at the behest of Secretary of State William Seward. ... Sewards Day is a legal holiday in the U.S. state of Alaska. ...

He also engineered the annexation of the Danish Virgin Islands and the Bay of Samaná, and for American control of Panama; but the Senate did not ratify these treaties. View over Charlotte Amalie The Danish West Indies (DWI; Danish: Dansk Vest Indien or De dansk-vestindiske Øer) or Danish Antilles, are a former colony of Denmark in the Caribbean, now known as the U.S. Virgin Islands. ... Samaná Province Santa Bárbara de Samaná (Samaná City) Samaná Mountain Range (Sierra de Samaná) Category: ...

Assassination attempt

Running The "Machine"
An 1864 cartoon featuring Seward, William Fessenden, Edwin Stanton, Abraham Lincoln and Gideon Welles takes a swing at the Lincoln administration.

Main Article: Abraham Lincoln assassination: William H. Seward

Seward's wife Frances Adeline Seward.

On April 14, 1865, Lewis Powell, an associate of John Wilkes Booth, attempted to assassinate Seward, the same night and at the same moment Abraham Lincoln was shot. Powell gained access to Seward's home by telling a servant, William Bell, that he was delivering medicine for Seward, who was recovering from a recent near-fatal carriage accident on April 5, 1865. Powell started up the stairs when then confronted by one of Seward's sons, Frederick. He told the intruder that his father was asleep and Powell began to start down the stairs, but suddenly swung around and pointed a gun at Frederick's head. After the gun misfired, Powell panicked, then repeatedly struck Frederick over the head with the pistol, leaving Frederick in critical condition on the floor. Image File history File links RunningtheMachine-LincAdmin. ... Image File history File links RunningtheMachine-LincAdmin. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... William Pitt Fessenden (October 16, 1806 – September 8, 1869) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. ... The Running Machine An 1864 cartoon featuring Stanton, William Fessenden, Abraham Lincoln, William Seward and Gideon Welles takes a swing at the Lincoln administration. ... For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation). ... Gideon Welles (July 1, 1802–February 11, 1878) was the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869, including the entire duration of the American Civil War: his dedication to naval blockades was one of the key reasons for the Norths victory over the South. ... Assassination of Abraham Lincoln From left to right: Major Henry Rathbone, Clara Harris, Mary Todd Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, and John Wilkes Booth. ... Image File history File links Frances_Adeline_Miller_Seward. ... Image File history File links Frances_Adeline_Miller_Seward. ... Frances Adeline Seward in 1844. ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 261 days remaining. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Lewis Thornton Powell (April 22, 1844 – July 7, 1865), also known as Lewis Paine or Payne, attempted unsuccessfully to assassinate United States Secretary of State William H. Seward, and was one of four people hanged for the Lincoln assassination conspiracy. ... John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) assassinated Abraham Lincoln the 16th President of the United States at Fords Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865. ... For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation). ... is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Frederick William Seward (July 8, 1830 – April 25, 1915) was born in Auburn, New York, the son of United States Secretary of State William Henry Seward, Sr. ...

Powell then burst into William Seward's bedroom and stabbed him several times in the face and neck. Powell also attacked and injured two of Seward's other children, Augustus and Fanny, his nurse, Sergeant George F. Robinson, and a messenger, Emerick Hansell, who arrived just as Powell was escaping.

It is reported that when Seward awoke, his wife Frances Adeline Seward was attempting to serve him tea with a spoon. During the attack Seward was wearing a jaw splint (often incorrectly reported as a 'neck brace') as a result of the accident, and it is said that this saved his life. However, he carried the facial scars from the attack for the remainder of his life. The events that happened that night put his wife and his daughter Fanny into complete shock and worry. Frances died June of 1865 and Fanny in October of 1866. Frances Adeline Seward in 1844. ... For other uses, see June (disambiguation). ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... For other uses, see October (disambiguation). ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...

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Statue of Seward in Madison Square in New York City.

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Later life

Seward retired as Secretary of State after Ulysses S. Grant took office as president. During his last years, Seward traveled prolifically and wrote. Most notably, he traveled around the world in fourteen months and two days from July, 1870 to September, 1871. On October 10, 1872, Seward died in his office in his home in Auburn, New York, after having difficulty breathing. His last words were to his children saying, "Love one another." He was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn, New York, with his wife and two children, Cornelia and Fanny. His headstone reads, “He was faithful.” Ulysses S. Grant,[2] born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885), was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869–1877). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The William H. Seward House was the home of William H. Seward, 1801-1872, who was governor of New York State and was Secretary of State under presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. ... Fort Hill Cemetery is a cemetery located in Auburn, New York. ... Auburn is a city in Cayuga County, New York, United States of America. ...

His son, Frederick, edited and published his memoirs in three volumes.

Legacy

• Purchase of Alaska.
• $50-dollar Treasury notes, also called Coin notes, of the Series 1891, features a portrait of Seward on the obverse. Examples of this note are very rare and would likely sell for about $50,000.00 at auction.
• His house in Auburn, New York is open as a public museum.
• There is a street named after him in the city of Auburn, NY: Seward Ave. There are three other streets in Auburn, NY named after members of Seward's family. They are Frances St, Augustus St, and Frederick St. The four streets form a block.
• There is a street named after him, also Seward Ave, in Schenectady, New York, which forms the western border of the Union College campus.
• Also at his former college, Union College, there is a campus transportation known as Seward's Trolley, a pun on Seward's Folly.
• The city of Auburn, NY named one of its elementary school after him. Seward Elementary School. The village of Florida, NY, his birthplace, named its only high school after his father, Samuel Swazy Seward.
• The towns of Seward, Nebraska, Seward, Alaska, and the Seward Peninsula, also in Alaska, are named for him, as are Seward Park in Seattle, Washington, Seward Square park in Washington, D.C., and the Town of Seward, NY.
  

  

  Statue of Seward in Volunteer Park, Seattle, Washington.
• There is a statue of him in Seward Park in Auburn, New York, in Madison Square Park in New York City and in Volunteer Park in Seattle (not facing towards Alaska).
• There is a memorial to him in his hometown of Florida, with a bust sculpted by Daniel Chester French.
• One of the Adirondack High Peaks is named after the former senator: Seward Mountain (4,361 feet, 1,329 m), the highest in Franklin County.
• A park in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, as well the nearby housing cooperative are named after him.
• The Guano Islands Act of 1856

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References

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• Mr. Lincoln and New York: William H. Seward
• Mr. Lincoln's White House: William H. Seward
• Works by William H. Seward at Project Gutenberg
• Pictures of US Treasury Notes featuring William Seward, provided by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
• William Henry Seward, the Virginia controversy, and the anti-slavery movement, 1839-1841

v • d • e Governors of New York

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v • d • e United States Senators from New York

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