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Hace 2 días · William Henry Seward (/ ˈ s uː ər d /; May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States senator.
17 de may. de 2024 · William H. Seward was a U.S. politician, an antislavery activist in the Whig and Republican parties before the American Civil War and secretary of state from 1861 to 1869. He is also remembered for the purchase of Alaska in 1867—referred to at that time as “Seward’s Folly.”
21 de may. de 2024 · Sarah Hopkins Bradford, of Geneva, New York, recorded the life story of Harriet Tubman in 1868, based on interviews with Tubman, in an attempt to get her story out and improve her financial situation. The printing was financed by Gerrit Smith, Wendell Phillips, William H. Seward, Jr., and other friends and former anti-slavery associates.
Hace 1 día · William H. Seward (1801–1872) Republican – March 5, 1861 March 4, 1869 7 years, 364 days New York Abraham Lincoln: Andrew Johnson: 25 Elihu B. Washburne (1816–1887) ... Edward Stettinius Jr. (1900–1949) Democratic 68–1 December 1, 1944 June 27, 1945 208 days Virginia Harry S. Truman – Joseph Grew (1880–1965)
3 de may. de 2024 · (THE CONVERSATION) On March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and Russian envoy Baron Edouard de Stoeckl signed the Treaty of Cession. With a stroke of a pen, Tsar Alexander...
Hace 1 día · He was a rival for the state party leadership with the editor Thurlow Weed and his protégé William H. Seward. Throughout his career, Fillmore declared slavery evil but said it was beyond the federal government's power to end it. Seward was openly hostile to slavery and argued that the federal government had a role to play in ending it.
8 de may. de 2024 · William Seward was a leading lawmaker and antislavery crusader who was most well-known for serving as Secretary of State during the Civil War.
