Victim
William H. Seward
- Born
- 16 May 1801
- Died
- 10 October 1872, aged about 71
- Record
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Victim in The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Secretary of state; survived Powell's knife attack and served on under Andrew Johnson.
1865 · Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C. · Executed
Good Friday, 1865: an actor shoots the president at Ford's Theatre, a manhunt crosses two states, and a military court hangs four conspirators. Read the case.
Dated events
Booth shoots Lincoln at Ford's Theatre; at about the same time Powell attacks Seward at his home.