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{{Officeholder
|name=William Henry Seward
|image=
|party=[[Whig]]
[[Republican]]
|spouse=
|religion=
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{{Officeholder/senator
|state=New York
|terms=March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1861
|preceded=John Dix
|status=f
|succeeded=Ira Harris
}}
{{Officeholder/governor
|state=New York
|lieutenant=Luther Bradish
|terms=January 1, 1839 – December 31, 1842
|preceded=William L. Marcy
|former=y
|succeeded=William C. Bouck
}}
}}
'''William Henry Seward, Sr.''' (1801–1872) was a two-term Governor of [[New York]], United States Senator and the United States Secretary of State from 1861 through 1869 under [[Abraham Lincoln]] and [[Andrew Johnson]]. Seward was wounded by an accomplice of [[John Wilkes Booth]] in an assassination attempt at the same time as Booth's assassination of [[Abraham Lincoln]]. Seward also served as the vice-president of the American Bible Society in the 1830s.
'''William Henry Seward, Sr.''' (1801–1872) was a two-term Governor of [[New York]], United States Senator and the United States Secretary of State from 1861 through 1869 under [[Abraham Lincoln]] and [[Andrew Johnson]]. Seward was wounded by an accomplice of [[John Wilkes Booth]] in an assassination attempt at the same time as Booth's assassination of [[Abraham Lincoln]]. Seward also served as the vice-president of the American Bible Society in the 1830s.