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Seward family of New York

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  Samuel Swayze Seward (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.
  Relatives: Son of John Seward (1730-1797) and Mary (Swayze) Seward (1733-1816); married to Mary Jennings (1769-1845); father of William Henry Seward (1801-1872); grandfather of Frederick William Seward, Carolne Cornelia Canfield (1834-1922; who married John Lawrence Schoolcraft), William Henry Seward, Jr. and George Frederick Seward; great-grandfather of Frederick Whittlesey Seward, Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of Orlando Kellogg and Walter Harrison Blodget.
  Political families: Seward family of New York; Schoolcraft-Seward family of New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
William H. Seward William Henry Seward (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.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Swayze Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward (1769-1845); married to Frances Adeline Miller (1805-1865); father of Frederick William Seward and William Henry Seward, Jr.; uncle of Caroline Cornelia Canfield (1834-1922; who married John Lawrence Schoolcraft) and George Frederick Seward (1840-1910); granduncle of Frederick Whittlesey Seward, Jr..
  Political family: Seward family of New York (subset of the Three 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.
  Other politicians named for him: W. Seward WhittleseyW. H. Seward ThomsonWilliam S. Shanahan
  Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on the $50 U.S. Treasury note in the 1890s.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — 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
  John Lawrence Schoolcraft (1804-1860) — also known as John L. Schoolcraft — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Guilderland, Albany County, N.Y., September 22, 1804. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York 13th District, 1849-53; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856, 1860. Died in St. Catherines, Ontario, July 7, 1860 (age 55 years, 289 days). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Maria Catherine (McKinney) Schoolcraft and John Schoolcraft (1782-1809); married, August 6, 1853, to Caroline Cornelia Canfield (1834-1922; niece of William Henry Seward; granddaughter of Samuel Swayze Seward); nephew of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft; first cousin of Richard Updike Sherman; first cousin once removed of James Schoolcraft Sherman and James Teller Schoolcraft (1855-1937); second cousin of Peter P. Schoolcraft.
  Political family: Schoolcraft-Seward family of New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Orlando Kellogg (1809-1865) — of Elizabethtown, Essex County, N.Y. Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County, N.Y., June 18, 1809. Carpenter; lawyer; Essex County Surrogate, 1840-44; U.S. Representative from New York, 1847-49, 1863-65 (14th District 1847-49, 16th District 1863-65); died in office 1865; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1860. Died in Elizabethtown, Essex County, N.Y., August 24, 1865 (age 56 years, 67 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Rowland Kellogg (1785-1826) and Sarah (Titus) Kellogg (1787-1868); married 1837 to Polly Woodruff (1817-1884); father of Rowland Case Kellogg; second cousin once removed of Frank Billings Kellogg; second cousin twice removed of Charles Kellogg (1773-1842); second cousin thrice removed of Aaron Kellogg; third cousin of William Dean Kellogg; third cousin once removed of Alvan Kellogg, Day Otis Kellogg, Dwight Kellogg, Ensign Hosmer Kellogg and Alphonso Alva Hopkins; third cousin twice removed of Jason Kellogg, Orsamus Cook Merrill, Timothy Merrill and Daniel Fiske Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel Swayze Seward; fourth cousin once removed of Luther Walter Badger, Silas Dewey Kellogg, Greene Carrier Bronson, Chester Ashley, Daniel Kellogg, Alvah Nash, John Russell Kellogg (1793-1868), Laman Ingersoll, Thomas Belden Butler, George Smith Catlin, Albert Gallatin Kellogg, Francis William Kellogg, Farrand Fassett Merrill and Charles Kellogg (1839-1903).
  Political family: Kellogg-Seymour-Chapin-Adams family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Frederick William Seward (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.
  Relatives: Son of William Henry Seward and Frances Adeline (Miller) Seward (1805-1865); brother of William Henry Seward, Jr. (1839-1920); married to Anna H. Wharton (1836-1919); grandson of Samuel Swayze Seward; first cousin of George Frederick Seward; first cousin once removed of Frederick Whittlesey Seward, Jr..
  Political family: Seward family of New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Henry Seward, 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; Presidential Elector for New York, 1888. 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.
  Relatives: Son of William Henry Seward and Frances Adeline (Miller) Seward (1805-1865); brother of Frederick William Seward; married, June 27, 1860, to Janet MacNeil Watson (1840-1913); grandson of Samuel Swayze Seward; first cousin of George Frederick Seward; first cousin once removed of Frederick Whittlesey Seward, Jr. (1874-1960).
  Political family: Seward family of New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Frederick Seward (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.
  Relatives: Son of George Washington Seward (1808-1888) and Temperance Wick (Leddel) Seward (1812-1848); married, August 4, 1870, to Kate Sherman (1850-1934); nephew of William Henry Seward; grandson of Samuel Swayze Seward; first cousin of Frederick William Seward and William Henry Seward, Jr. (1839-1920); first cousin once removed of Frederick Whittlesey Seward, Jr..
  Political family: Seward family of New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Walter Harrison Blodget (1850-1923) — also known as Walter H. Blodget — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass.; West Boylston, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Denmark, Lewis County, N.Y., November 2, 1850. Republican. Produce merchant; mayor of Worcester, Mass., 1904-05. Died in West Boylston, Worcester County, Mass., January 6, 1923 (age 72 years, 65 days). Interment at Ogdensburg Cemetery, Ogdensburg, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Harrison Blodget and Diantha (Dewey) Blodget (1806-1890); married 1885 to Mary Francis Spaulding (1861-1955); first cousin twice removed of Abijah Blodget; second cousin thrice removed of Oliver Ellsworth and James Doolittle Wooster; second cousin four times removed of Andrew Adams; third cousin once removed of Rush Green Leaming; third cousin twice removed of Henry Leavitt Ellsworth and William Wolcott Ellsworth (1791-1868); third cousin thrice removed of Philip Frisbee, Samuel Swayze Seward, Augustus Seymour Porter and Peter Buell Porter; fourth cousin of Lucian Dallas Woodruff and Albert Lemando Bingham; fourth cousin once removed of Bela Edgerton, Heman Ticknor, Truman Hotchkiss, Jairus Case, Elisha Hunt Allen, Gouverneur Morris, Joseph Pomeroy Root, Luther Thomas Ellsworth, Herman Arod Gager and George Alexander Ball.
  Political families: Morris-Ingersoll family of New York and Connecticut; Wolcott-Wadsworth family of Connecticut and Maryland; Kellogg-Seymour-Chapin-Adams family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frederick Whittlesey Seward, 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.
  Relatives: Son of Dr. Frederick Whittlesey Seward (1845-1925) and Mary (Cory) Seward (1845-1912); married, December 3, 1902, to Alice Leona Truax; married, October 30, 1933, to Mary Elizabeth Pike; grandnephew of William Henry Seward; great-grandson of Samuel Swayze Seward; first cousin once removed of Frederick William Seward, William Henry Seward, Jr. and George Frederick Seward (1840-1910).
  Political family: Seward family of New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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