What is William H. Seward?
{{Infobox officeholder |name=William Henry Seward |image=William Henry Seward - edited.jpg |imagesize=240px |order=24th |title=[[United States Secretary of State]] |president=[[Abraham Lincoln]]<br/>[[Andrew Johnson]] |term_start=March 5, 1861 |term_end=March 4, 1869 |predecessor=[[Jeremiah S. Black]] |successor=[[Elihu B. Washburne]] |order2=14th |title2=[[Governor of New York]] |lieutenant2=[[Luther Bradish]] |term_start2=January 1, 1839 |term_end2=December 31, 1842 |predecessor2=[[William L. Marcy]] |successor2=[[William C. Bouck]] |jr/sr3=United States Senator |state3=New York |term_start3=March 4, 1849 |term_end3=March 3, 1861 |predecessor3=[[John Adams Dix|John A. Dix]] |successor3=[[Ira Harris]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1801|5|16}} |birth_place=[[Florida, Orange County, New York|Florida]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1872|10|10|1801|5|16}} |death_place=[[Auburn, New York]], U.S. |death_cause=[[Respiratory failure]] |party=[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]], [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] |spouse=[[Frances Adeline Seward]] |children=Augustus Henry Seward<br/>[[Frederick William Seward]]<br/>Cornelia Seward<br/>[[William Henry Seward, Jr.]]<br/>Frances Adeline Seward<br/>[[Olive Risley Seward]] (adopted) |alma_mater=[[Union College]] |profession=[[Lawyer]], [[Real estate broker|Land Agent]], [[Politician]] |signature=William Henry Seward Signature.svg }} '''William Henry Seward''' (May 16, 1801&ndash;October 10, 1872) was an American politician. He was the fourteenth Governor of [[New York (state)|New York]], and later a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]]. He was also the [[United States Secretary of State]] for two presidents, [[Abraham Lincoln]] and [[Andrew Johnson]]. He was very much against slavery. He was an important person in the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] when it was starting. Many people thought he would be nominated by the Republican Party to run for [[President of the United States]] in 1860, but th