Seward
Seward names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Seward WILLIAM HENRY, an Florida American statesman
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
WILLIAM HENRY, an Florida American statesman; born in , He Orange co., N. Y., May 16, 1801. practicing studied for the bar, and began in Auburn in 1823, but gradually drifted was elected a into politics, and in 1830 Dismember of the New York Senate. playing marked abilities as a politician, chosen governor he was in 1838 and 1840 of his native State, and in 1849 was United States Senate. He elected to the of President was the friend and adviser Taylor, and distinguished himself by his extension of slavery firm resistance to the . for the presi- In 1860 he was a candidate dency, but being defeated in the convenhe exerted himtion by Abraham Lincoln election. Lincoln self to secure Lincoln's afterward appointed Seward Secretary of discharged his State, in which post he showing notable duties with great ability, Great Britain in the tact in dealing with to with- "Trent Affair," inducing France effectdraw her troops from Mexico, and States by ing the cession to the United ). He was dan- Russia of Alaska (1867 gerously wounded in April, 1865, when assassinated, but President Lincoln was the same office under recovered and filled . He Lincoln's successor, Andrew Johnson accession of resigned his post on the President Grant in 1869. He wrote a "Life of John Quincy Adams"; his Correspondence, etc.,' "Speeches, appeared in 1869; and an "Autobiography," with continuation, in 1877. He died in Oct. 10, 1872. Auburn, Cayuga co., N. Y.,
Seward FREDERICK WILLIAM, in Auburn
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
FREDERICK WILLIAM, in Auburn, an American lawyer; born at N. Y., July 8, 1830; was graduated the Union College in 1849; admitted to in 1851; and for 10 years was one bar of the editors and owners of the Albany was sent to warn "Evening Journal." He Abraham Lincoln of the plot to assassiin 1861; was assisnate him in Baltimore tant Secretary of State in 1861-1869 and 1877-1881; accompanied Admiral Porter to negotiate West on the special cial mission India treaties in 1867; participated in of Alaska; was a member the purchase of the New York Legisla Legislature in 1875; State Commissioner at the Yorktown Centennial Celebration in 1881; and author William H. Sewof "Life and Letters of Cruise"; and ard"; "A West Indian numerous lectures, magazine articles, etc. He died in 1915.
Seward MOUNT, a mountain in Franklin co
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
MOUNT, a mountain in Franklin co., N. Y.; is a summit of the Adirondacks, 14 miles W. of Mount Marcy, and was named for William H. Seward; height, 4,384 feet.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's summary of 1921 is still accurate in its particulars: Seward's rise from the Auburn bar, his loss of the 1860 nomination to Lincoln, the Trent affair, the pressure on France to quit Mexico, the wounding by an assassin in April 1865, and the Alaska purchase of 1867. What has moved is the reckoning on Alaska. The territory long mocked as "Seward's Folly" became the 49th state in 1959, and the Prudhoe Bay oil field found in 1968 alone made the $7.2 million purchase price look trivial. Seward's standing has risen again in recent decades, helped by Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals (2005) and the 2012 film drawn from it, which put him back before a mass audience as Lincoln's indispensable rival-turned-ally.
Written for this edition, 2026.