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Lincoln had nominated William Seward as Secretary of State. The Senate confirmed the nomination and Seward became the Union's Secretary of State.
He was William Seward from New York. Lincoln made him Secretary of State and he continued in the office under President Andrew Johnson. Skeptics referred to Alaska as Seward's folly and Seward's icebox.
Seward's Folly or Johnson's Icebox.
William Seward.
Seward bought Alaska in 1867.
He acquired them for his country.
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Lincoln had nominated William Seward as Secretary of State. The Senate confirmed the nomination and Seward became the Union's Secretary of State.
He was William Seward from New York. Lincoln made him Secretary of State and he continued in the office under President Andrew Johnson. Skeptics referred to Alaska as Seward's folly and Seward's icebox.
Seward's Folly or Johnson's Icebox.
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Seward's Icebox was a nickname given to Alaska after Secretary of State William Henry Seward bought it from Russia. The purchase was also nicknamed "Seward's Folly".
William Seward
Secretary of State William Seward who negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia.
It was called Seward's Folly and Johnson's Icebox.
Andrew Johnson's secretary of state was William H. Seward. Seward served as secretary of state under both Johnson's predecessor, Abraham Lincoln, as well as during Johnson's presidency from 1865 to 1869.