William H. Seward

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American politician human statesman

William H. Seward was a 19th-century American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson and was a leading figure in the Union war effort and postwar expansion.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
William H. Seward canonical	37
William Henry Seward	2
U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician ⓘ human ⓘ statesman ⓘ
appointedBy	Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
attackedBy	Lewis Powell ⓘ surface form: Lewis Powell (Lewis Paine)
burialPlace	Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York ⓘ
causeOfDeath	respiratory failure ⓘ
child	Frederick William Seward ⓘ William Henry Seward Jr. ⓘ
cost	Alaska Purchase: 7.2 million US dollars ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
date	Alaska Purchase treaty signed: 1867-03-30 ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1801-05-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1872-10-10 ⓘ
educatedAt	Union College ⓘ
endTime	term as Governor of New York: 1842 ⓘ term as United States Secretary of State: 1869 ⓘ term as United States Senator from New York: 1861 ⓘ
familyName	Seward ⓘ
fullName	William H. Seward self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: William Henry Seward
givenName	William ⓘ
ideology	abolitionism ⓘ
knownFor	expansionist foreign policy after the Civil War ⓘ leadership in U.S. foreign policy during the Civil War ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Republican Party ⓘ Whig Party ⓘ
middleName	Henry ⓘ
movement	anti-slavery movement ⓘ
nickname	Alaska Purchase ⓘ surface form: Seward's Folly (for the Alaska Purchase)
notableEvent	Alaska Purchase ⓘ
notableWork	negotiation of the Alaska Purchase ⓘ
occupation	diplomat ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ
participantIn	American Civil War (as Union cabinet member) ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Florida, New York ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Auburn, New York ⓘ
positionHeld	Governor of New York ⓘ United States Secretary of State ⓘ United States Senator from New York ⓘ
precededBy	Lewis Cass as United States Secretary of State ⓘ
reappointedBy	Andrew Johnson ⓘ
religion	Episcopalian ⓘ
residence	Auburn, New York ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
signedTreaty	Alaska Purchase ⓘ surface form: Treaty with Russia for the Purchase of Alaska
spouse	Frances Adeline Seward ⓘ
startTime	term as Governor of New York: 1839 ⓘ term as United States Secretary of State: 1861 ⓘ term as United States Senator from New York: 1849 ⓘ
succeededBy	Elihu B. Washburne as United States Secretary of State ⓘ
supported	Union war effort in the American Civil War ⓘ
targetOf	assassination attempt on 1865-04-14 ⓘ

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Subject: William H. Seward
Description of subject: William H. Seward was a 19th-century American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson and was a leading figure in the Union war effort and postwar expansion.

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alaska Purchase → negotiatedBy → William H. Seward ⓘ

Alaska Purchase → signedForBuyerBy → William H. Seward ⓘ

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln → coordinatedAttacksAlsoTargeted → William H. Seward ⓘ

Seward’s Icebox → targetsPerson → William H. Seward ⓘ

Seward’s Icebox → namedAfter → William H. Seward ⓘ

Union College → hasAlumni → William H. Seward ⓘ

Eduard de Stoeckl → negotiatedWith → William H. Seward ⓘ

Jeremiah Sullivan Black → succeededInOffice → William H. Seward ⓘ

William H. Seward → fullName → William H. Seward self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Henry Seward

Seward → namedAfter → William H. Seward ⓘ

Auburn, New York → hasNotableResident → William H. Seward ⓘ

Alaska was economically worthless → relatedToPerson → William H. Seward ⓘ

Seward Highway → namedFor → William H. Seward ⓘ

Conscience Whigs → notableMember → William H. Seward ⓘ

Lewis Powell → targetedPerson → William H. Seward ⓘ

Seward → hasNotableBearer → William H. Seward ⓘ

Seward Park → namedAfter → William H. Seward ⓘ

Lincoln → portraysCharacter → William H. Seward ⓘ

subject surface form: Lincoln (2012 film)

Seward, Alaska → namedAfter → William H. Seward ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward

Lincoln assassination conspirators → hasSecondaryTarget → William H. Seward ⓘ

Frances Adeline Seward → spouse → William H. Seward ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Henry Seward

Frances Adeline Seward → relative → William H. Seward ⓘ

Frances Adeline Seward → associatedWithPerson → William H. Seward ⓘ

Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York → notableBurial → William H. Seward ⓘ

Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York → associatedWith → William H. Seward ⓘ

Frederick William Seward → father → William H. Seward ⓘ

William Henry Seward Jr. → father → William H. Seward ⓘ

William Henry Seward Jr. → notableFamilyMember → William H. Seward ⓘ

Anti-Masonic Party → prominentMember → William H. Seward ⓘ

slave power controversy → hasNotableFigure → William H. Seward ⓘ

subject surface form: Slave Power Controversy

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln → depictsPerson → William H. Seward ⓘ

Fort Hill Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → William H. Seward ⓘ

Seward House Museum → occupant → William H. Seward ⓘ

Seward House Museum → namedAfter → William H. Seward ⓘ

Seward House Museum → mainSubject → William H. Seward ⓘ

Abraham Lincoln: The War Years → historicalFigureCovered → William H. Seward ⓘ

History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America → hasNotableFigureDiscussed → William H. Seward ⓘ

Seward's Folly → namedAfter → William H. Seward ⓘ