Molly Mcdowell
Andrew Johnson.
William Seward was the president who oversaw the purchase of Alaska. It was a very unpopular purchase at the time and was called "Seward's Folly". It was bought for about 2 cents per acre.
President Johnson. Alaska was known as Seward's Folly because Seward was Johnson's Secretary of State that negotiated the purchase for the United States.
An example of a power not specifically given to the President by the United States Constitution would be the power to purchase land to add to the United States of America. The purchase of the Louisana Territory and the Purchase of Alaska come to mind. I'm not certain, but I believe that Congress was involved for both purchases.
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Johnson.
Hawaii and Alaska were added while Eisenhower was President.
The state of Alaska was the Alaskan purchase
Called Sewards Folly, the purchase of Alaska from Russia was also condemed as Johnson's Icebox after Andrew Johnson the US President at the time of aquisition. After the Louisana Purchase this US purchace was the finest Blue Light Special ever offered without war in the balance. This was not the spoils of war or the theft via power, or any act of chicanery. This was commerce and can be compared to buying the Hope Diamond for zilch at a Dollar Store.
America's purchase of Alaska The purchase of Alaska Sec. of State Seward from Russia. It was thought that there was lillte to nothing in Alaska to warrent the purchase. Discoveries of gold and oil have shown his detracters wrong.
Alaska is part of the US; so Obama is president of Alaska because he is president of The United States of America. It is also true that no US President is from, was born in or had his or her political base in Alaska.