Secretary of State William Seward who negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia.
Alaska.
William H. Seward, Secretary of State.
Russia owned what is now Alaska, the 49th state of the US. Many of Seward's critics mocked the purchase. However, looking back it can be seen to have been a wise purchase by Seward.
It was the 1867 purchase of Alaska from Russia named for Secretary of State William Seward.
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".
He bought Alaska.
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Russia owned what is now Alaska, the 49th state of the US. Many of Seward's critics mocked the purchase. However, looking back it can be seen to have been a wise purchase by Seward.
When U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867, many referred to the purchase as "Seward's folly".(Today, Seward's Day is observed on the last Monday of March as a state holiday in Alaska.)
William H. Seward (1801-1872) was a Republican politician, the 12th governor of New York and US Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. He is known for promoting the US purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867, which at the time was called "Seward's Folly."
William Seward