In 1850, this politician promoted the anti-slavery cause with a speech on the Senate floor appealing to "a higher law than the Constitution."
In 1850, this politician promoted the anti-slavery cause with a speech on the Senate floor appealing to "a higher law than the Constitution." Lewis Powell stabbed this man on the same night that John Wilkes Booth killed the president. As the book Team of Rivals documented, this New York Senator joined Abraham Lincoln's Cabinet despite initially being the front-runner at the 1860 Republican Convention. For 10 points, name this Secretary of State for both Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, a man whose namesake "folly" was his purchase of Alaska.
In 1850, this politician promoted the anti-slavery cause with a speech on the Senate floor appealing to "a higher law than the Constitution."
William Henry Seward