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His firm stance against foreign intervention in the Civil War helped deter the United Kingdom and France from recognizing the independence of the Confederate States. He was one of the targets of the 1865 assassination plot that killed Lincoln and was seriously wounded by conspirator Lewis Powell.
Mar 8, 2011 · Near the close of the Civil War, Seward was nearly killed as part of the plot that resulted in Lincoln’s assassination. On the night of April 14, 1865, a former Confederate soldier named Lewis ...
Oct 6, 2024 · On April 14, 1865, nine days after he was severely injured in a carriage accident, the bedridden Seward was stabbed in the throat by Lewis Powell (alias Lewis Payne), a fellow conspirator of John Wilkes Booth, who had that night assassinated Lincoln.
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Apr 2, 2014 · He was an active abolitionist throughout his life and supported Harriet Tubman in the purchase of property in his hometown of Auburn, New York, where he died on October 10, 1872. Early Life and...
William Henry Seward was appointed Secretary of State by Abraham Lincoln on March 5, 1861, and served until March 4, 1869. Seward carefully managed international affairs during the Civil War and also negotiated the 1867 purchase of Alaska.
After a colorful tenure in Congress Seward had his eye on the highest office in the land, but was defeated in the Republican primary by a single term legislator from Illinois, Abraham Lincoln. Despite their initial rivalry and Lincoln’s victory, Seward campaigned in earnest for the new candidate.
Jan 12, 2024 · In 1834, the Whigs selected Seward as their candidate in the New York gubernatorial election, but he lost the election to incumbent Democratic Governor William L. Marcy. Following his stint in the New York Senate, Seward briefly retired from politics and returned to his law practice.
