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See also
J.
Seward Bodine —
Seward
Brown —
Almon
Case —
Clarence
Seward Darrow —
Seward
Dill —
Seward
L. Frear —
William
H. Gleason —
Seward
J. Gross —
Seward
M. Gunderson —
W.
Seward Hamlin —
Hamilton
King —
Seward
L. Merriam —
Seward
F. Nichols —
Seward
P. Reese —
William
Seward Shanahan —
Seward
Smith —
Paul
Seward Trible, Jr. —
Seward
H. Van Ness —
W.
Seward Webb —
Seward
Henry Williams |
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Seward, Allin C. —
of Paris, France.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Democrats
Abroad, 1996,
2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Seward, Charles X. (b.
1856) —
of Watertown, Codington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Marengo, McHenry
County, Ill., January
11, 1856.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Watertown, S.Dak.; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1891-92, 1901-02 (31st
District 1891-92, 28th District 1901-02); Speaker of
the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1891-92; member
of South
Dakota state senate 28th District, 1909-10; circuit judge in
South Dakota 3rd Circuit, 1911.
Burial
location unknown.
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Seward, Everett D. —
of San Pedro, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1932.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Seward, Frederick W. —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 7th District, 1875.
Burial
location unknown.
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Seward, Frederick W. —
of Goshen, Orange
County, N.Y.
Dry candidate for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Seward, George Frederick
(1840-1910) —
also known as George F. Seward —
of California; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Florida, Orange
County, N.Y., 1840.
U.S. Consul in Shanghai, 1861-63; U.S. Consul General in Shanghai, 1863-76; U.S. Minister to China, 1876-80; president, Fidelity and Casualty
Company of New York, 1893-1910.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
28, 1910 (age about 70
years).
Interment somewhere
in Florida, N.Y.
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Seward, George W. —
Social Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Seward, James L. —
Republican. Member of New York
state senate 51st District; elected unopposed 2002, 2004, 2006;
elected 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Seward, James Lindsay
(1813-1886) —
also known as James L. Seward —
of Thomasville, Thomas
County, Ga.
Born in Georgia, 1813.
Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1853-59; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1860.
Died in 1886
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, Ga.
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Seward, Jeff —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Peace and Freedom candidate for Presidential Elector for Idaho, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
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Seward, Louis D. —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Mayor
of Akron, Ohio, 1887-88.
Burial
location unknown.
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Seward, Mason —
of Mason, Warren
County, Ohio.
Mayor
of Mason, Ohio, 1840.
Burial
location unknown.
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Seward, Samuel S. —
of Orange
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Orange County, 1803-04.
Burial
location unknown.
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Seward, Virgil B. —
Member of Minnesota
state senate 17th District, 1907-10.
Burial
location unknown.
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Seward, Walter E. —
of Lansing Township, Ingham
County, Mich.
Republican. Candidate in primary for supervisor
of Lansing Township, Michigan, 1955.
Still living as of 1955.
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Seward, William H. (b.
1839) —
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., June 18,
1839.
Son of William Henry Seward and Frances
(Miller) Seward.
Republican. Banker;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York, 1884.
Burial
location unknown.
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Seward, William Henry
(1801-1872) —
also known as William H. Seward —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Florida, Orange
County, N.Y., May 16,
1801.
Son of Daniel S. Seward (physician).
Lawyer;
co-founded (with Thurlow
Weed), the Albany Evening Journal newspaper
in 1830; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1831-34; Governor of
New York, 1839-43; defeated (Whig), 1834; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1849-61; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1856,
1860;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1861-69.
Survived an assassination
attempt on April 14, 1865 (the same night Abraham
Lincoln was shot), when Lewis Payne, an associate of John Wilkes
Booth, broke into his bedroom and stabbed him repeatedly. Payne was
arrested, tried with the other conspirators, and hanged. As
Secretary of State in 1867, made a treaty with Russia for the
purchase of Alaska; critics dubbed the territory "Seward's Folly".
His portrait appeared on the $50
U.S. Treasury Note in the 1890s.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
16, 1872 (age 71 years, 153
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.; statue at Madison
Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Volunteer
Park, Seattle, Wash.
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