[DOC] [TLE] Presidency of Abraham Lincoln - Wikipedia [PAR] On November 21, Lincoln took the train to Chicago where he would meet, for the 
first time, the new Vice President-elect Hannibal Hamlin. In addition to... [DOC] [TLE] William H. Seward - Wikipedia [PAR] William Henry Seward (May 16, 1801  October 10, 1872) was United States 
Secretary of State ... He was one of the targets of the 1865 assassination plot that 
killed Lincoln, and was seriously .... These included meeting former vice 
president Aaron Burr, who had returned to .... At the time he left office, he owed 
$200,000. [DOC] [TLE] Andrew Johnson - Wikipedia [PAR] Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808  July 31, 1875) was the 17th President of 
the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. Johnson became president as he 
was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. ..... 
Democrat, he has been politically, if not personally hostile to me during my whole 
term. [DOC] [TLE] THE PRESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE [PAR] For some time after the late terrible events it was feared that Mr. Seward might ... 
He had heard his terrible denunciation of the conspirators in the Senate. As 
Secretary of State Mr. Seward had supported Mr. Lincoln's "Border-State policy," 
as ... his instant and entire devotion of all his powers to the cause of the Union 
and the... [DOC] [TLE] William H. Seward - Mr. Lincoln's White House [PAR] Secretary of State in Lincoln's Cabinet, William H. Seward was the Senator from 
New York ... the Compromise of 1850, but he became a conspicuous moderate 
with the passage of time. Seward took office with a condescending and skeptical 
attitude toward Mr. Lincoln. ... On the whole, he generally preferred to go alone
1. [DOC] [TLE] Cabinet and Vice Presidents - Mr. Lincoln's White House [PAR] Vice President Hannibal Hamlin played an important role in the cabinet selection 
.... At times he took a very dim view of the morals of the whole administration. [DOC] [TLE] Fact-Checking 'Lincoln': Lincoln's Mostly Realistic; His Advisers Aren ... [PAR] Nov 12, 2012 ... Spielberg's film gets the president's disposition right, but doesn't quite do justice 
... terms, before the tide of war swept away the whole system under no terms at all
. "You can not if you would, be blind to the signs of the times," he warned. ... Of 
the original cabinet, those remainingSecretary of State William... [DOC] [TLE] Abraham Lincoln and Members of Congress - Abraham Lincoln's ... [PAR] Hamlin would soon give up his Maine Senate seat to become Vice President. ... 
fortune to know him well during the whole period of his administration as 
President, ..... In time he was to exercise this skill masterfully in handling the 
ambitious... [DOC] [TLE] Abraham Lincoln and Salmon P. Chase - Abraham Lincoln's ... [PAR] Salmon P. Chase was dignified, able and ambitious, likewise he is the special 
..... 20 Secretary of State William H. Seward's controversial positions were 
leavened with ..... For a long time back he has been filling all the offices in his 
own vast .... from the faithful discharge of public duties, for these must have my 
whole time. [DOC] [TLE] William Seward - American Civil War - HISTORY.com [PAR] He would eventually become one of Lincoln's closest advisers during the ... 
Seward continued to serve as secretary of state under President Andrew .... While 
the acquisition of Alaska later proved a remarkable investment, at the time it was
... [DOC] [TLE] Lincoln, Grant, and the 1864 Election - Lincoln Home National ... [PAR] On March 3 he was inaugurated as the sixteenth President of the United States, 
... At this time, Grant ended his state service and enlisted in the federal army. .... 
eastern and western armies, wanted to place Grant in command of the entire 
Union Army. .... Following the election, Grant wrote to Secretary of War Edwin 
Stanton:... [DOC] [TLE] The Way of the World - The New York Times [PAR] The incumbent Vice President, John Breckenridge, the candidate

Question: He was Secretary of State for the whole time Lincoln was in office
Answer: William Seward