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William Henry Seward, Sr. (May 16, 1801 - October 10, 1872) was a Governor of New York, United States Senator, and the United States Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.
Seward had been an early contender for the Republican Party presidential nomination in 1860, but his outspoken opposition to slavery probably cost him. Initially skeptical of Lincoln, he soon became one of the President's most loyal allies and cabinet members. Seward survived a knife wound inflicted by an accomplice of John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, the same night Lincoln was assassinated. He orchestrated the US purchase of Russian Alaska in 1867.
William Seward in The Guns of the South[]
Secretary of State William Seward was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln to treat with the victorious Confederate States after the Second American Revolution.
After an armistice was negotiated in 1864, Lincoln and Confederate President Jefferson Davis agreed to a peace conference with three Peace Commissioners appointed by each side. Lincoln appointed Seward as one of the three U.S. commissioners. A peace treaty was negotiated whereby the Confederacy abandoned claims to West Virginia and Maryland, while the United States ceded the Indian Territory along with any areas within the Confederacy it captured earlier in the war. Also, state-wide referendum were to be held to determine the status of Kentucky and Missouri. Kentucky elected to join the C.S. while Missouri voted to remain with the U.S.
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Preceded by Jeremiah Black |
United States Secretary of State 1861-1869 |
Succeeded by Elihu B. Washburne |
Preceded by John A. Dix |
United States Senator from New York 1849-1861 |
Succeeded by Ira Harris |
Preceded by William L. Marcy |
Governor of New York 1839-1842 |
Succeeded by William C. Bouck |
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Preceded by Jeremiah Black |
United States Secretary of State 1861-1865 |
Succeeded by Unknown |
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