What are you reading now?

[Linda Anderson]

(08-25-2014 03:20 PM)Angela Wrote:  Linda, thank you so much! I remember reading this and thought it odd for Seward to just let go of his ambition, but I never followed up on that thought. So, basically, Seward let go of all his ambition after supporting Johnson's lenient treatment of the south. Where did that "to hell with it" attitude come from in a political animal like Seward?

I think he was being realistic plus people remarked on how much he had aged since Powell's attack. Fanny's death hit him hard, too.

Still, he had enough energy to go around the world after he retired so he may have actually considered staying in office if President-elect Grant had asked him to. Grant didn't.