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William Seward (may 16, 1801 – oct 10, 1872)

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William Seward (1801-1872) was a politician who served as governor of New York, as a U.S. senator and as secretary of state during the Civil War (1861-65). ... After failing in an 1860 bid for the Republican presidential nomination, Seward was appointed secretary of state in Abraham Lincoln's cabinet.

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may 16, 1801
oct 10, 1872
~ 71 years