William Henry Seward
1801–72
American statesman. Governor, New York, 1838–42. Campaigned for the reform of education, as well as of prisons and the treatment of the insane. A leader of the anti-slavery movement. Served as secretary of state under President Abraham Lincoln, from 1860. (ANB, DAB).
Source
DAB
Bibliography
DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.
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