William Seward

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Politician
gptkb:Secretary_of_State
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Alaska_Purchase
gptkbp:birth_date 1801-05-16
gptkbp:birth_place Florida, New York
gptkbp:children gptkb:William_H._Seward_Jr.
gptkb:Jane_Seward
gptkb:Frederick_Seward
gptkb:George_Seward
gptkbp:committee gptkb:William_L._Marcy
gptkb:Edwin_D._Morgan
1849-01-01
1861-03-04
gptkbp:death_date 1872-10-10
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Auburn,_New_York
gptkbp:education gptkb:Union_College
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Seward
gptkbp:image William_ H_ Seward.jpg
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Henry_Clay
gptkbp:involvement gptkb:Treaty_of_Cession
gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
U. S. foreign relations
Alaska acquisition negotiations
Expansionism in the Pacific
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:foreign_policy
Expansionism
Civil War diplomacy
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Seward's_Folly
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Seward's_Folly
gptkbp:office gptkb:Secretary_of_State
gptkb:Governor
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:political_position U. S. Senator from New York
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Simon_Cameron
gptkbp:profession gptkb:lawyer
gptkbp:role advocate for the abolition of slavery
gptkbp:signature William_ Seward_signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Frances_Adeline_Seward
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Hamilton_Fish
gptkbp:term_end 1871-03-04
gptkbp:term_start 1861-03-05
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lincoln_(2012)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4