Andrew Johnson was president in 1867, when the USA purchased Alaska. There is a link below.
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Alaska was purchased on the year of 1867 and it was bought from Russia.
Alaska is a state. They do not have presidents, but do have governors. No US President has been born in Alaska.
Alaska was purchased from Russia by the US in 1867 for 7.2 million dollars. It was originally offered to the United States in 1859, but the purchase was delayed by the US Civil War. The territory of Alaska became a US state in 1959.
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Andrew Johnson was president in 1867, when the USA purchased Alaska. There is a link below.
The Russians. Russia in 1867.
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Alaska was first owned by the Russians, but they were afraid of war so they sold it to the United States.
Vitus Bering discovered Alaska, however, US Secretary Seward purchased Alaska under president Lincoln, often called Seward's Folly Alaska was purchased for a penny an acre.
In Geologic time it was thousands of years before the Russians came ashore in 1741. The US purchased Alaska in 1867, made it an official US Territory in 1912 and a US State in 1959.
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Alaska was purchased, not conquered.
Three Alaskan Capitals:When Alaska was established as a Russian colony the first capital was Kodiak and the second was Sitka which was named the colonial capital in 1808. The capital was moved to Juneau in 1906 long after the US purchased Alaska from the Russians.
No US President has been born in, raised in, or had his or her power base in Alaska.
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