| SEWARD (Soundex
S630)
— See also
BEREWARD,
BEWARD,
DEWARS,
HEREWARD,
PRAISEWATER,
ROSEWATER,
SAYWARD,
SEAWARD,
SEWAK,
SEWALL,
SEWARDS,
SHEWARD,
SOWARD,
STEWARD,
SWARD,
WARD.
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See also
J.
Seward Bodine —
Seward
Brown —
Almon
Case —
J.
Seward Daley —
Clarence
Seward Darrow —
Seward
Dill —
Seward
L. Frear —
William
H. Gleason —
Seward
J. Gross —
Seward
M. Gunderson —
W.
Seward Hamlin —
Hamilton
King —
Seward
L. Mains Jr. —
Seward
L. Merriam —
Seward
F. Nichols —
Seward
P. Reese —
William
Seward Shanahan —
Seward
Smith —
W.
H. Seward Thomson —
Paul
Seward Trible Jr. —
Seward
H. Van Ness —
W.
Seward Webb —
William
Seward Whittlesey —
Seward
Henry Williams —
John
Seward Wills |
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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, C. P. —
of Mason, Warren
County, Ohio.
Postmaster at Mason,
Ohio, 1901.
Burial location unknown.
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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., 1890; 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, Clarence A. —
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
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.
Burial location unknown.
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Seward, Frederick Whittlesey, Jr.
(1874-1960) —
also known as Frederick W. Seward, Jr. —
of Goshen, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., November
6, 1874.
Progressive. Physician;
candidate for New York
state assembly from Orange County 2nd District, 1915; Dry
candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Died in Goshen, Orange
County, N.Y., March 4,
1960 (age 85 years, 119
days).
Interment at Mount View Cemetery, Pekin, N.Y.
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Seward, Frederick William
(1830-1915) —
also known as Frederick W. Seward —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Montrose, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., July 8,
1830.
Republican. Lawyer;
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, 1861-65, 1877-79; on April 14,
1865, the same evening that Abraham
Lincoln was assassinated, Lewis Powell, a co-conspirator of John
Wilkes Booth, came to the Seward home intending to kill his father,
Secretary of State William H. Seward;
Frederick, trying to block Powell, was attacked
and suffered a skull fracture; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 7th District, 1875; candidate
for secretary
of state of New York, 1875.
Died April
25, 1915 (age 84 years, 291
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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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., November
8, 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 70 years, 20
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Seward, George W. —
Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Burial location unknown.
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Seward, George W. —
of Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Republican. Candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Guilford, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Seward, Henry —
of Morris
County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Morris County, 1845-46.
Burial location unknown.
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Seward, Henry W. —
of Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Fourteenth Middlesex District,
1905.
Burial location unknown.
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Seward, James A. —
of Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County 1st District, 1870-71.
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, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1853-59; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1860.
Slaveowner.
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.
Candidate for Presidential Elector for Idaho.
Still living as of 1972.
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Seward, Leverett —
of Genesee
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Genesee County, 1837-38.
Burial location unknown.
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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, Luther —
of Kent
County, Del.
Republican. Candidate for Delaware
state house of representatives from Kent County, 1892.
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, Ryan —
Green. Candidate for Texas
state house of representatives 94th District, 2010.
Still living as of 2010.
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Seward, Samuel Swayze
(1768-1849) —
also known as Samuel S. Seward —
of Orange
County, N.Y.
Born December
5, 1768.
Physician;
member of New York
state assembly from Orange County, 1803-04.
Died August
24, 1849 (age 80 years, 262
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Seward, Thomas —
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1888.
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 for supervisor
of Lansing Township, Michigan, 1955.
Presumed deceased.
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.
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; as Secretary of State in 1867, he
made a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska; critics dubbed
the territory "Seward's Folly".
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.
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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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Swayze Seward and Mary (Jennings)
Seward; married to Frances Adeline Miller; father of Frederick William Seward and William Henry Seward Jr.; uncle of Caroline
Cornelia Canfield (who married John
Lawrence Schoolcraft) and George Frederick
Seward; granduncle of Frederick Whittlesey
Seward Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Seward
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: George
W. Jones — Samuel
J. Barrows — Frederick W.
Seward — Elias
P. Pellet |
| | | Seward counties in Kan. and Neb. are
named for him. |
| | | Seward Mountain,
in the Adirondack Mountains, Franklin
County, New York, is named for
him. — The city
of Seward,
Nebraska, is named for
him. — The town
of Seward,
New York, is named for
him. — The city
of Seward,
Alaska, is named for
him. — Seward Park
(300 acres on a forested peninsula, established 1911), in Seattle,
Washington, is named for
him. — Seward Park
(three acres on East Broadway, opened 1903), in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: W.
Seward Whittlesey
— W.
H. Seward Thomson
— William
S. Shanahan
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the $50 U.S. Treasury note in the 1890s.
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about William H. Seward: Doris
Kearns Goodwin, Team
of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —
Walter Stahr, Seward:
Lincoln's Indispensable Man — Walter Stahr, Seward:
Lincoln's Indispensable Man — Michael Burgan, William
Henry Seward : Senator and Statesman (for young
readers) |
| | | Image source: New York Public
Library |
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Seward, William Henry, Jr.
(1839-1920) —
also known as William H. Seward, Jr. —
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., June 18,
1839.
Republican. Banker;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., April
29, 1920 (age 80 years, 316
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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