Seward,William Henry

Seward,William Henry
Sew·ard (so͞oʹərd), William Henry. 1801-1872.
American politician who as U.S. secretary of state (1861-1869) arranged the purchase of Alaska from Russia (1867), a transaction long known as “Seward's Folly.”

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