William H. Seward Timeline of Events

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William H. Seward

William Henry Seward, Sr. was the 12th Governor of New York, United States Senator and the United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson...

Timeline of Events

1860

5.18.1860

Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.

1865

4.14.1865

U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked in his home by Lewis Powell.

1867

3.30.1867

Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2 cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward. The media call this Seward's Folly.