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William Henry Seward (/ ˈ s uː ər d /; [1] May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States senator.
David Herbert Donald considers the speech to be a masterful political move. Delivered in the home state of William H. Seward, who was the favored candidate for the 1860 election, and attended by Greeley, now an enemy of Seward, the speech put Lincoln in the ideal position to challenge for the nomination. Lincoln used the speech to show that the ...
Seward biographer Walter Stahr supports this inevitability theory, confirming that Seward would have accepted delay in ratification in order to end the war. [48] Ludwell H. Johnson theorizes that peace negotiations reflected Lincoln's efforts to consolidate political power by creating "a new conservative coalition which would include ...
William H. Seward from New York was considered the front-runner, followed Salmon P. Chase from Ohio, and Missouri's Edward Bates. Abraham Lincoln from Illinois, was lesser known, and was not considered to have a good chance against Seward. Seward had been governor and senator of New York, was from firm Whig backgrounds, and was a very able ...
Senator Henry Clay made a lengthy speech in Congress, in February 1850, on the question of slavery in the District. [4] Seward, William Henry (1850). Speech of William H. Seward, on the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, September 11, 1850. Washington, D.C.: Buell & Blanchard.
Who was William H. Seward? Bettmann - Getty Images. Seward served as the Secretary of State during Abraham Lincoln's presidency. Seward was a part of the abolition movement, and along with his ...
U.S. Senator William H. Seward, who went on to become Secretary of State under President Abraham Lincoln, delivered what became known as his "Irrepressible Conflict" speech in Corinthian Hall in October, 1858. He said a dangerous conflict over slavery was developing that would eventually lead the U.S. to "become entirely either a slave-holding ...
Most Northern Whigs, led by William Henry Seward, who delivered his famous "Higher Law" speech during the controversy, opposed the Compromise as well because it would apply the Wilmot Proviso to the western territories and because of the pressing of ordinary citizens into duty on slave-hunting patrols.