The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-19

quence of Mr.. stan6ery's ll-health. At the
close of the trial the President again sent the |
name Of Mr.. Staubery 70 the senate bat the
William NJ. Evarts OF New York was then no. |
minated TO the position, and confirmed by the |
In this way the Cabinet of Andrew johnson
came soon after the termination ofthe i'm peach.
ment trial, and until the close of his admins
tration, to stand as iollows:-
Secretary of State-Willam II. Seward, Of
New York.
Secretary of the Trcasury--Hugh MoCulloch,
OF Indiana.
Secretary o. war-John NJ scho6eld, of Ne w
York.
Secretary of the Nayy-Gideon welles, of
Secretary of the IDterior-Orylle II. Bro gn-
ing, of Illinois.
Attorney Gcneral-william NJ. Evarts, of New
York.
Postmaster General-Alexander w. Randall,
OF Wisconsin,
william III. Seward, the Secretary of
State
during the two administrations of Abraham
Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. has held that
Office during a longer period than any other
incumbent excepting James Madison, from 1901
to 1909, aud John Quincy Adams, from 1917 to
1925. each of whom held 1t for the same length
of time. He was born in Florida, Orange county,
New York, May l6, 1901, and was educated at
Union College, Schenectady, where he gradu,.
ated 10 1920. After leaving college. he entered
on the study OF the law, and was admitted to the
bar In 1922. In the following year he removed
TO Auburn, New York where he has since re
sided, and speedily made his mark as rising
man in his profession. In 1880 he was elected
to the State Senate for four years. and in 1884
he was nominated on the Whig ticket for Cow
ernor, but was defeated. He was again nomi-
ed for the same Office in 1883, and being
elected he entered upon the discharge of his
duties in 1889. During his administration he
devoted himself with energy 10 the prosecution
OF internal improvements, and to reforming the
public school system of the Sta'e, Mr.. Seward
held the office OF Governor for four years, and
ON the expiration OF his second term he declnel
a reelection, and returned to the praci iice of his
| profession. In March, lSf9 he was chosen
| United States Senator, and held the position
until he was invited to enter the Cabinet OF Mr..
| Lincoln, in March, 1861.
During his Senatorial career Mr.. Sc ward
| became the acknowledged leader OF the new
| Republican party, and for many years be was
the foremost man in its rank. On the 25th of
| October, 1858. at Rochester, New York. he
| delivered speech in which he laid own so
clearly the principles involved in the "irre-
! pressible conflict" between freedom and
| slavery, that it became the keynote 10 that
| conf CT until the war of words was ended by
an appeal 10 the sword When the National
! Republican Convention assembled at Chicago,
| in May, 1860, he was regarded as the most for
mdable candidate tor the nomination. On the
first ballot he received l734 votes, Mr. Lincoln
| receiving but lO2, the whole number being 465,
and 233 necessary to a choice. On the second
ballot the vote stood, for Seward lS49, and tor
Lincoln 49, on the third ballot, tor Seward
$50 and for Lincoln 2Sli within % votes of the
|
| third ballot was announced four votes were
changed from Salmon 2. Chase TO Mr.. Lincoln,
| and Mr.. Stewards dream of the Presidency was
| forever blighted. With cOmmendable good
| grace he acquiesced in the result, and, in
common with his most ardent admirers, threw
ali his influence in favor OF his successful rival.
As he had been the most formidable antago.
| mist Of Mr. Lincoln in the convention, when
| the latter came to the selection of a Cabinet
| 10 be composed principally of his rivals, the
| first position in it was rendered to Mr.. Seward
| accented " M
| discharge of the duties incumbent upon the
Foreign Minister during such crisis as folio we'd,
| he was emlnently qualified. His course, taken
| as whole, was unquestionably the safest for
| the country, despite its occasional Vacillation
and lack OF firmness. An issue greater than
the upholding of our dignity abroad was at
| ste ke, and Il stout defiance OF the whole world
| might have precipta!ed the calamity of a
| foreign war, which threatened the nation from
the Inauguration OF tue Rebellion to its close.
Just previous to the assassination OF Mr.
| Lincoln, Secretary Seward had sustained severe
! injuries by being thrown from his carriage.
| While still confined to his bed he was, on the
fatal evening of April IA, 1865 brutaly assailed
| by Payne, one Of the conspiratOrs, and 30 dam
| gerously wounded that for a long time his life
was despaired of. On his recovery, he was
continued at the head OF President Johusons
| Cabinet, and became an earnest supporter of
his policy concerning the restoration of the
| Southern States, thereby alternating the greater
portion OF his former supporters. When the
contest of 1868 was at hand, however, in
| speech delivered at Auburn, New York, a few
| days previous to the election he clearly sgni6ed
his intention to support Grant and ColtaX as
"the candidates of authority.n The leading
! features OF his foreign Diplomacy during Presi.
| dent Johnson's administration have been the
| AGITATION of the Alabama claims question with
| Great Britain, the driving OF the French out of
| Mexico, the negotiation OF naturalization trea-
| ties with the leading powers of Europe, and the
| purchase OF Alaska from Russia
Hugh McCullOcb, Secretary of the Trea-
sury,
| is of Scotch descent, his grandfather, Adam
| McCulloch, having emgrated from Dornoch,
| Scotland about the year 1865, and settled IN
| Arundel, now Kennebunk Port, Maine. He
was born about the year 1910, and soon after
| his father, who had been one of the largest
| shjpowneTs of New England sustained serious
| losses by the war with Great Britain. This
| iuierTered with the thoroughness of his educa-
| tion, which was such as could be obtained at an
| Academy, with one year at Bowdoin College.
| AT the age OF seventeen he commenced teaching
| Lchool, and continued at 1t until 1929 He then
| studied law, completing his studies in Boston,
| to which place he removed in 1882. In June,
| 1888, he settled in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the
| practice OF his profession; but in the fall OF
| 1885 he was invited to assume the
| MAJ agement OF a branch OF the State
| Bank OF Indiana. Elected director OF the
| State Bank in 1886, he continued in that pCsi-
| ton and as Cashler and man tger of the Fort
Wayne branch until the expiration of the
| charter IN 1857 achieving marked success as
| a hnanCier. In 1856 he was unanimously elected
President OF new banking concern, with i'm
authorized capital OF $4,000 O0). aud twenty
| bran ches, known as the Bank of the State of
| Indiana In this capacity he gained q still
higher reputation in financial circles, ami in
April, 1865, Secl etary Chase rendered him the
post.o on OF Comptroller OF the Currency, under
| lhe National Banking law. when William Z.
EaseaOdan reiitpd from the SpcretarYShin of