Seward is a town in Schoharie County, New York, United States.
 The population was 1,637 at the 2000 census.
 The town is named after senator, governor, and secretary of state William H. Seward.
Dr. James A. Helis, Rear Admiral (United States Maritime Service), is the twelfth Superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
 A 1979 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, and a decorated Afghanistan War veteran, Helis served thirty years in the US Army, retiring at the rank of Colonel (United States Army).
 In 2012, Helis was commissioned a United States Maritime Service Rear Admiral and appointed Superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy by US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood.
 Helis served his last eight years with the U.S. Army as an academic, culminating as Chair of the Department of National Security and Strategy at the United States Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
 Helis earned a Master of Arts in political science from the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Military Affairs from the United States Army Command and General Staff College, School of Advanced Military Studies at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and a Doctor of Philosophy in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
 An airborne United States Army Ranger, Helis was awarded the Army Master Parachutist Badge.
 Helis and his wife Jan have two sons, Dr. Corbin Helis, a physician and West Point graduate, and Ian Helis.
Fort Hill Cemetery, founded in 1851, is a historic cemetery located in downtown Auburn, New York, known for its headstones of notable people such as former Secretary of State William H. Seward, his son, General William H. Seward Jr. and abolitionist and humanitarian Harriet Tubman.
The William H. Seward House Museum, is a circa 1816 historic home located at 33 South Street between Lincoln and William Streets in Auburn, New York, that was once the home of William H. Seward, who served as a New York state senator, the governor of New York, a U.S. senator, a presidential candidate, and then Secretary of State under presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.
The William Henry Seward Memorial is located along Main Street (NY 17A/94) in downtown Florida, New York.
 It commemorates the life of Seward, a Florida native whose career in public service culminated with his tenure as Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln, in which capacity he negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia.
Frances Adeline Miller Seward (September 25, 1805 – June 21, 1865) was the First Lady of New York and the wife of William Henry Seward, a senator in the New York legislature, Governor of New York, a senator from New York and United States Secretary of State under President Abraham Lincoln.
William Henry Seward (May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, and earlier served as Governor of New York and United States Senator.
 A determined opponent of the spread of slavery in the years leading up to the American Civil War, he was a dominant figure in the Republican Party in its formative years, and was praised for his work on behalf of the Union as Secretary of State during the American Civil War.
Shomwa "Shom" Shamapande is a political and business consultant and strategist, who has worked in government affairs, media/communications and Democratic politics.
 In 1998, he served as an adviser to the South African Center for Human Rights in Pretoria.
 Shomwa was a Senior Adviser to Bill Lynch, former deputy mayor of New York City and Vice Chairman of the Democratic National Party and as a legislative fellow for Congressman Charles B. Rangel of Manhattan.
 Shomwa has also served as a senior communications and government affairs adviser for the Campaign for Better Schools, the corporate public relations firm of Robinson, Lerer & Montgomery, the Democratic National Committee, Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's United Nations Commission for the Legal Empowerment of the Poor and several global corporations including MasterCard and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals.
 And in 2011, Shomwa was hired as Global Communications and Media Director for Africare, a major NGO ($60 million) focused on humanitarian and development assistance for Africa.
The Seward neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., is geographically southeast of downtown and defined by the triangle of land bordered by Hiawatha Avenue to the west, Minneapolis Midtown Greenway (between E. 27th St. and E. 28th St.) to the south, the Mississippi River to the east, and Interstate 94 to the north.
 Seward's bordering neighborhoods are Cooper to the Southeast, Longfellow to the South, East Phillips to the Southwest, Ventura Village to the West, Cedar-Riverside to the North, and Prospect Park/East River Road across the Mississippi River to the East.
 It is one of the neighborhoods that is part of the larger Longfellow community.
 Seward was named after former New York senator, governor, and US Secretary of State William H. Seward.
Elijah Miller (April 11, 1772 - November 13, 1851) was a lawyer and judge in Auburn, New York.
 His daughter, Frances Adeline Miller Seward, married future U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward in 1824.
 Seward was a junior partner in Miller's law practice.
 Miller granted permission for Seward to marry his daughter under the condition that they live in his South Street home with him.

Question: The town of Seward, New York is named after a US secretary of state born on which day ?
Answer: May 16, 1801