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Seward, William Henry

lawyer, state senator, author, was born May 16, 1801, in Florida, N. Y. In 1830 he was elected to the state senate for four years.

In 1834 he was an unsuccessful candidate for governor of the state; in 1838 renominated and was elected for two years; and was re-elected for two years. In 1849 he was chosen a senator in congress from New York for six was years; and was re-elected in 1855, and held the position until he became secretary of state, under President Lincoln, in 1861. In 1849 published the Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams; and his own life and collected speeches were published in four volumes, between 1853 and 1862. He was also the author of Orations and Speeches; Diplomatic History of the Civil War; and Travels Around the World. He died Oct. 10, 1872, in Auburn, N. Y.