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William Henry Seward
William H. Seward
In office
March 5, 1861 – March 4, 1869
PresidentAbraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Preceded byJeremiah S. Black
Succeeded byElihu B. Washburne
In office
January 1, 1839 – December 31, 1842
LieutenantLuther Bradish
Preceded byWilliam L. Marcy
Succeeded byWilliam C. Bouck
In office
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1861
Preceded byJohn A. Dix
Succeeded byIra Harris
BornMay 16, 1801(1801-05-16)
Florida, New York, U.S.
DiedOctober 10, 1872 (aged 71)
Auburn, New York, U.S.
Political partyWhig, Republican
SpouseFrances Adeline Seward
ProfessionLawyer, Land Agent, Politician
ReligionEpiscopalian

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Early life and career

Seward was born in Orange County, New York, on 16th May, 1801. After graduating from Union College, Seward was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1822. Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the His parents were Dr. Samuel Sweazy Seward (December 5, 1768-August 4, 1849) and Mary Jennings Seward (November 27, 1769-December 11, 1844). Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Year 1768 ( MDCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Year 1769 ( MDCCLXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year

He attended Union College, studying law, and graduated in 1820, with high honors. Union College is a non-denominational independent liberal arts college located in Schenectady New York. Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society He married Frances Adeline Miller on October 20, 1824, after meeting in 1821. Frances Adeline Miller Seward (1805 – June 21, 1865) was born in 1805 the daughter of Judge Elijah Miller and Hannah Foote Miller. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year They raised five children:

Some years after his wife's death in 1865, William formally adopted his companion Olive Risley Seward (1841-1908) as his "daughter. Frederick William Seward ( July 8, 1830 &ndash April 25, 1915) was the Assistant Secretary of State during the American This article is about the Civil War Brigadier General For his father who served as Secretary of State see William H Adoption is the act of legally placing a child with a Parent or parents other than those to whom they were born Olive Risley Seward ( July 15, 1844 &ndash November 27, 1908) was the adopted daughter of William Henry Seward, United States "

After receiving his college degree he read law in Goshen, New York and New York City. Goshen is the county seat of Orange County, New York, United States. Subsequently he joined the practice of his future father-in-law, Judge Elijah Miller, in Auburn, New York. Elijah Miller ( April 11 1772 &ndash November 13 1851) was a Lawyer and Judge in Auburn, New York. Auburn ( Áhsku•ˀ in Tuscarora) is a City in Cayuga County, New York, United States of America. Seward entered politics with the help of his friend Thurlow Weed, whom he had met by chance after a stagecoach accident. Thurlow Weed ( November 15, 1797 &ndash November 22, 1882) was a New York political boss [1] In 1830, Seward was elected, at the age of 29, to the state senate as an Anti-Masonic candidate, and served till 1834. The Anti-Masonic Party (also known as the Anti-Masonic Movement) was a 19th century minor Political party in the United States. In that year (only 33 years old) he was the Whig candidate for Governor of New York. The Whig Party was a Political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. The Governor of New York is the head of the Executive branch of New York 's government and the Commander-in-chief of the state's military He lost narrowly to incumbent Democrat William Marcy (52% to 48%). The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. William Learned Marcy ( December 12, 1786 - July 4, 1857) was an American statesman who served as U

From 1836 to 1838, Seward served as agent for the Holland Land Company in Westfield, New York, and in that capacity was successful in easing tensions between that company and local landowners. The Holland Land Company was a purchaser of the western two-thirds of the western New York land tract known as the Phelps and Gorham Purchase. On July 16, 1837, he delivered to the students and faculty of the newly-formed Westfield Academy a Discourse on Education, in which he advocated for universal education. [2]

In 1838, he challenged Marcy again, and won (51. 4% to 48. 6%). He was narrowly re-elected in 1840 (50. 3% to 49. 1%). His two terms ran from 1839 through 1842. As a state senator and governor, Seward promoted progressive political policies including prison reform and increased spending on education. He supported state funding for schools for immigrants using their own languages and operated by their own clergy - such as Catholic parochial schools. This came back to haunt him in the 1850s, when anti-Catholic feelings were high, especially among ex-Whigs in the Republican Party.

Seward's wife Frances Adeline Seward.
Seward's wife Frances Adeline Seward. Frances Adeline Miller Seward (1805 – June 21, 1865) was born in 1805 the daughter of Judge Elijah Miller and Hannah Foote Miller.

Beginning in the late 1830s, Seward became a radical opponent of slavery. His views -- and the even stronger anti-slavery feelings of his wife -- were formed in part by their observations of the conditions of slavery while traveling in the South with their children in 1835. [3] He opposed the expansion of slavery and resisted attempts by Southern states to extradite those who enabled fugitive slaves to escape.

In 1846 Seward became the center of controversy in his hometown when he defended, in separate cases, two convicts accused of murder. Henry Wyatt, a white man, stabbed a fellow prison inmate; William Freeman, of African American and Native American ancestry, broke into a home and stabbed to death four people. 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 a 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. [4]

Later, Seward quoted Freeman’s brother-in-law, praising his 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. ”[5] In the end both men were convicted. Although Wyatt was executed, Freeman, whose conviction was reversed on Seward's successful appeal to the New York Supreme Court, died in his cell of tuberculosis.

William H. Seward (c. 1850)
William H. Seward (c. 1850)

United States Senator and Presidential Candidate

Seward supported the Whig candidate, General Zachary Taylor, in the presidential election of 1848. Zachary Taylor (November 24 1784 &ndash July 9 1850 was an American military leader and the twelfth President of the United States. He said of Taylor, "He is the most gentle-looking and amiable of men. " Taylor was a slaveholding plantation owner, but was friendly to Seward anyway.

He was elected U. S. Senator as a Whig in 1849 and emerged as the leader of the anti-slavery "Conscience Whigs". Seward opposed the Compromise of 1850, and was thought to have encouraged Taylor in his supposed opposition. The Compromise of 1850 was a series of bills aimed at resolving the territorial and slavery controversies arising from the Mexican-American War (1846&ndash1848 More recent scholarship suggests that Taylor was not under Seward's influence and would have accepted the Compromise if he had not died.

Seward believed that slavery was morally wrong, and said so many times, outraging Southerners. He acknowledged that slavery was legal under the Constitution, but denied that the Constitution recognized or protected slavery. The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme Law of the United States. He famously remarked in 1850 that "there is a higher law than the Constitution". 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. The Slave Power (sometimes referred to as the " Slaveocracy " was a term used in the Northern United States (primarily in the period 1840-1875 to characterize

Seward was an opponent of the Fugitive Slave Act, and he defended runaway slaves in court. The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of He supported personal liberty laws. The personal liberty laws were a series of Laws passed by several U

When the Whig Party dissolved, Seward joined the Republican Party in 1855 and was re-elected to the Senate. Seward did not seriously compete for the presidential nomination (won by John C. Frémont) in 1856, but sought and was expected to receive the nomination in 1860. John Charles Frémont ( January 21, 1813 July 13, 1890) was an American military officer, explorer, the In October 1858, he delivered a famous speech in which he argued that the political and economic systems of North and South were incompatible, and that, due to this "irrepressible conflict," the inevitable "collision" of the two systems would eventually result in the nation becoming "either entirely a slaveholding nation, or entirely a free-labor nation. ". [6] Yet, Seward was not an abolitionist. Like Lincoln, he believed slavery could and should be extinguished by long-run historical forces rather than by coercion or war. [7]

Lincoln met with his Cabinet for the first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation draft on July 22, 1862.
Lincoln met with his Cabinet for the first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation draft on July 22, 1862. The Emancipation Proclamation consists of two executive orders issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday

In 1859, confident of gaining the presidential nomination and advised by his political ally and friend Thurlow Weed that he would be better off avoiding political gatherings where his words might be misinterpreted by one faction or another, Seward left the country for an eight-month tour of Europe. During that hiatus, his lesser-known rival Abraham Lincoln worked diligently to line up support in case Seward failed to win on the first ballot. After returning to the United States, Seward gave a conciliatory, pro-Union Senate speech that reassured moderates but alienated some radical Republicans. (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. This article is about a cardinal For information on the Russian also called The Red Eminence, see Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov. For the Athenian general see Demosthenes (general. For the ancient physician see Demosthenes Philalethes. ) Around the same time, his friend Horace Greeley turned against him, opposing Seward on the grounds that his radical reputation made him unelectable. Horace Greeley ( February 3, 1811 &ndash November 29, 1872) was an American editor of a leading newspaper, a founder When Lincoln won the nomination, Seward loyally supported him and made a long speaking tour of the West in the autumn of 1860.

Secretary of State

Running The "Machine"An 1864 cartoon featuring Seward, William Fessenden, Edwin Stanton, Abraham Lincoln and Gideon Welles takes a swing at the Lincoln administration.
Running The "Machine"
An 1864 cartoon featuring Seward, William Fessenden, Edwin Stanton, Abraham Lincoln and Gideon Welles takes a swing at the Lincoln administration. William Pitt Fessenden (October 16 1806 &ndash September 8 1869 was an American politician from the U Edwin McMasters Stanton ( December 19, 1814 &ndash December 24, 1869) was an American lawyer politician United States Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal Gideon Welles ( July 1, 1802 &ndash February 11, 1878) was the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869

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. Proposing American possession of the Danish West Indies, Samaná, Panama, and Hawaii, only the Brook Islands were annexed. The Danish West Indies ( Danish: Dansk Vestindien or De dansk-vestindiske øer) or "Danish Antilles" were a colony of Denmark-Norway Samaná Province Santa Bárbara de Samaná (Samaná City Samaná Mountain Range (Sierra de Samaná Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the Midway Atoll (or Midway Island or Midway Islands; Hawaiian: Pihemanu Kauihelani) is a 2 Despite a minimal degree of Congressional support however, by the end of his term, Seward had established a realm of informal influence which, nonetheless included the Hawaiian Islands, Japan, and even, China. The Hawaiian Islands, once known as the Sandwich Islands, form an Archipelago of 19 Islands and Atolls numerous smaller For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National

Assassination attempt

Main article: Abraham Lincoln assassination: William H. 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. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, one of the last major events in the American Civil War, took place on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, when Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Lewis Thornton Powell ( April 22, 1844 &ndash July 7, 1865) also known as Lewis Paine or Payne, attempted unsuccessfully Abraham Lincoln assassination John Wilkes Booth (May 10 1838 – April 26 1865 was an American stage actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal 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. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Paine started up the stairs when then confronted by one of Seward's sons, Frederick. Frederick William Seward ( July 8, 1830 &ndash April 25, 1915) was the Assistant Secretary of State during the American He told the intruder that his father was asleep and Paine began to start down the stairs, but suddenly swung around and pointed a gun at Frederick's head. After the gun misfired, Paine panicked, then repeatedly struck Frederick over the head with the pistol, leaving Frederick in critical condition on the floor.

Paine then burst into William Seward's bedroom with a bowie knife and stabbed him several times in the face and neck. Bowie knife specifically refers to a style of knife popularized by Colonel James "Jim" Bowie and first made by James Black, although its common use refers Paine also attacked and injured another son (Augustus), a soldier (Private George Robinson), who had been assigned to stay with Seward, and a messenger (Emerick Hansell), who arrived just as Paine was escaping. [8]

During the attack Seward was wearing a jaw splint (often incorrectly reported as a "neck brace") as a result of a carriage 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 of that night took their toll on his wife, Frances, who died June 1865. His daughter Fanny died of tuberculosis in October 1866.

Paine was captured the next day and was executed on July 7, 1865, along with David Herold, George Atzerodt, and Mary Surratt, three other conspirators in the Lincoln assassination. Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year David Edgar Herold ( June 16, 1842 &ndash July 7, 1865) conspired with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate Abraham Lincoln George Andreas Atzerodt ( June 12, 1835 &ndash July 7, 1865)[http//www Mary Elizabeth Eugenia Jenkins Surratt (May/June 1823 in Waterloo Maryland, USA &ndash July 7, 1865 in Washington D

The purchase of Alaska

The signing of the Alaska Treaty of Cessation on March 30, 1867.
The signing of the Alaska Treaty of Cessation on March 30, 1867. The Alaska Purchase (otherwise known as Seward's Folly or Seward's Icebox) by the United States from the Russian Empire occurred in 1867 at the behest Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. 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

Seward's most famous achievement as Secretary of State was his successful acquisition of Alaska from Russia. The Alaska Purchase (otherwise known as Seward's Folly or Seward's Icebox) by the United States from the Russian Empire occurred in 1867 at the behest Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending On March 30, 1867, he completed negotiations for the territory, which involved the purchase of 586,412 square miles (1,518,800 km²) of territory (more than twice the size of Texas) for $7,200,000, or approximately 2 cents per acre. Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. 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 Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U The purchase of this frontier land was alternately mocked by the public as "Seward's Folly", "Seward's Icebox", and Andrew Johnson's "polar bear garden". The Alaska Purchase (otherwise known as Seward's Folly or Seward's Icebox) by the United States from the Russian Empire occurred in 1867 at the behest Currently, Alaska celebrates the purchase on Seward's Day, the last Monday of March. Seward's Day is a legal holiday in the US state of Alaska. It falls on the last Monday in March and commemorates the signing of the Alaska Purchase

Later life

Seward retired as Secretary of State after Ulysses S. Grant took office as president. Ulysses S Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27 1822 &ndash July 23 1885 was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States During his last years, Seward traveled and wrote prolifically. Most notably, he traveled around the world in fourteen months and two days from July, 1869 to September, 1871. On October 10, 1872, Seward died in his office in his home in Auburn, New York, after having difficulty breathing. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The William H Seward House (1801-1872 was the home of William H 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. Fort Hill Cemetery is a Cemetery located in Auburn New York. It features headstones of such notable people as William H Auburn ( Áhsku•ˀ in Tuscarora) is a City in Cayuga County, New York, United States of America. His headstone reads, “He was faithful. ”

Statue of Seward in Madison Square in New York City.
Statue of Seward in Madison Square in New York City. Madison Square is formed by the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway at 23rd Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan The City of New York

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

Legacy

Memorials

Statue of Seward in Volunteer Park, Seattle, Washington.
Statue of Seward in Volunteer Park, Seattle, Washington. Volunteer Park is a 483 acre (195000 m² Park in the Capitol Hill Neighborhood of Seattle, USA.

References

  1. ^ Doris Kearns Goodwin. Cooperative Village is a community of Housing cooperatives on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City. A housing cooperative is a legal entity—usually a Corporation —that owns Real estate, consisting of one or more residential buildings The Lower East Side is a Neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, p. 70 (2005).
  2. ^ Seward, William H. . Discourse on Education. (Albany: Hoffman & White, 1837).  
  3. ^ Doris Kearns Goodwin. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, pp. 77-78 (2005).
  4. ^ Seward, William. Works of William H. Seward Vol. I, (New York: Redfield, 1853) 417.
  5. ^ Seward, William. Works of William H. Seward Vol. I, (New York: Redfield, 1853) 471.
  6. ^ Doris Kearns Goodwin. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, p. 191 (2005).
  7. ^ Ibid. , p. 192.
  8. ^ Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, pp. 736-37 (2005).

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Preceded by
William L. Marcy		Governor of New York
1839 – 1842		Succeeded by
William C. Bouck
Preceded by
John A. Dix		United States Senator (Class 3) from New York
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1861
Served alongside: Daniel S. Dickinson, Hamilton Fish and Preston King		Succeeded by
Ira Harris
Preceded by
Jeremiah S. Black		United States Secretary of State
March 5, 1861 – March 4, 1869		Succeeded by
Elihu B. Washburne
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