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2 de abr. de 2014 · Politician William Seward served as a New York senator from 1830 to 1834, New York governor from 1839 to 1842, and a U.S. senator from 1849 to 1861. He went on to serve as the nation's secretary ...
William Henry Seward started his life in Florida, New York, a small town in Orange County. He was born in 1801, eight years before Abraham Lincoln. His father, Samuel Seward, was the town postmaster. The elder Seward did in fact own slaves. Slavery was not abolished in New York State until 1827. However, Samuel Seward sent his slave children to ...
12 de ene. de 2024 · William Henry Seward. May 16, 1801 - October 10, 1872. William Henry Seward served as Secretary of State during the administration of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. During his tenure he brokered a deal with Russia for the United States to purchase Alaska. In 1867, William H. Seward brokered a deal to purchase Alaska from Russia ...
William H. Seward Sewards Unterschrift William H. Seward. William Henry Seward (* 16.Mai 1801 in Florida, Orange County, New York; † 10. Oktober 1872 in Auburn, New York) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker (R), der von 1861 bis 1869 unter den Präsidenten Abraham Lincoln und Andrew Johnson als Außenminister der Vereinigten Staaten amtierte.
Seward was at home and bedridden following a recent carriage accident. Powell was able to gain entry to the home by saying that he had medicine for the Secretary. Once inside the home Powell attacked two of Seward's sons, soldier and nurse Sergeant George Robinson, and knocked Seward's daughter Fanny to the floor before brutally stabbing William H. Seward in the face and throat.
Seward is the only U.S. Secretary of State in history to be the target of a would-be assassin. Seward had two major postwar diplomatic achievements: the removal of French troops from Mexico and the purchase of Alaska from Russia. During the Civil War, French troops had moved into Mexico, ostensibly to collect debts from the bankrupt Mexican ...
William H. Seward (1861–1865) William Henry Seward was born in 1801 in Florida, New York. He graduated from Union College in 1820, studied the law, was admitted to the state bar in 1822, and joined a law practice. From 1830 to 1834, Seward served in the New York state senate as a Whig before making a failed bid to become governor in 1834.
