the Union as Secretary of State during the Civil War. He also negotiated the treaty for the United States to purchase the Alaska Territory. Seward was...

Frederick William Seward (July 8, 1830 – April 25, 1915) was an American politician and member of the Republican Party who twice served as the Assistant...

William Henry Seward Jr. (June 18, 1839 – April 29, 1920) was an American banker and brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War...

Augustus Henry Seward (October 1, 1826 – September 11, 1876) was the son of William H. Seward and Frances Adeline Seward. He was a career officer in the...

Seward is a surname of Old English origin. Adam Seward (born 1982), National Football League player Albert Seward (1863–1941), British botanist and geologist...

American Confederate soldier who attempted to assassinate William Henry Seward as part of the Lincoln assassination plot. Wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg...

and Casualty Company. Seward was a native of Florida, New York, and was educated at the S. S. Seward Institute. He attended Union College; he later served...

be difficult to defend from the United Kingdom. To this end, William H. Seward, the U.S. Secretary of State at the time, entered into negotiations with...

S. S. Seward Institute is the secondary school in the Florida Union Free School District in Orange County, New York, United States. It is located along...

Seward has a number of memorials to him, and several locations are preserved that are associated with him. He also wrote a number of works. Seward and...

to the states still in rebellion on January 1, 1863, Seward advised Lincoln to wait for a Union military victory before issuing it, as to do otherwise...

Richard Henry Seward (October 10, 1840 – May 30, 1899) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration...

William H. Seward, and George Atzerodt was tasked with killing Vice President Andrew Johnson. Beyond Lincoln's death, the plot failed: Seward was only wounded...

Maine for vice president. Entering the 1860 convention, Senator William H. Seward of New York was generally regarded as the front-runner, but Lincoln, Governor...

John Seward Johnson II (April 16, 1930 – March 10, 2020), also known as J. Seward Johnson Jr. and Seward Johnson, was an American artist known for trompe-l'œil...

competition for excellence rather than mutual destruction. With William Seward at State, Salmon P. Chase at the Treasury, and (from 1862) Edwin Stanton...

Seward is a city in Stafford County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 41. Located in Seward are a large granary...

Seward Park is a public park in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois. Named after William H. Seward, the land for the park was acquired in 1907, and...

Cooper Union speech, which may have ensured him the nomination although he had not yet announced his intention to run. Delivered in Seward's home state...

Seward Park is a municipal park in Seattle, Washington, United States. Located in the city neighborhood of the same name, it covers 300 acres (120 ha;...

Sir Albert Charles Seward FRS (9 October 1863 – 11 April 1941) was a British botanist and geologist. Seward was born in Lancaster. His first education...

failed to sign the treaty originally, but after the Union declared a blockade of the Confederacy, Seward ordered the U.S. ministers to Britain and France...

had all been resolved, and trade was brisk. Secretary of State William H. Seward, the primary architect of American foreign policy during the war, intended...

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...

Griffin Seward (August 10, 1842 – September 10, 1908) was an American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient who served in the United States Army as a wagoner...

the continuing capacity for union within the country." Another factor was the desire of Secretary of State William Seward to frustrate the vice-presidential...

Liberal is the county seat of Seward County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 19,825. It is located in southwest...

State William H. Seward in a bid to help the Confederacy's cause. On the night of April 14, 1865, Herold guided Lewis Powell to Seward's house. Inside,...

President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State William H. Seward, representing the Union, met with three commissioners from the Confederacy: Vice President...

Clarence Seward Darrow (/ˈdæroʊ/; April 18, 1857 – March 13, 1938) was an American lawyer who became famous in the 19th century for high profile representations...