Gadsden Purchase

American  

noun

1. a tract of 45,535 sq. mi. (117,935 sq. km), now contained in New Mexico and Arizona, purchased for $10,000,000 from Mexico in 1853, the treaty being negotiated by James Gadsden.

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Gadsden Purchase British  

/ ˈɡædzdən /

noun

1. an area of about 77 000 sq km (30 000 sq miles) in present-day Arizona and New Mexico, bought by the US from Mexico for 10 million dollars in 1853. The purchase was negotiated by James Gadsden (1788–1858), US diplomat

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Example Sentences

Pierce, he noted, did authorize the Gadsden Purchase from Mexico.

From Washington Post

Tucson’s last Hispanic mayor was Estevan Ochoa, who was elected in 1875 - nearly four decades before Arizona became a state and just 21 years after the United States bought Southern Arizona, including Tucson, from Mexico in the Gadsden Purchase.

From Washington Times

Tucson’s last Hispanic mayor was Estevan Ochoa, who was elected in 1875 — nearly four decades before Arizona became a state and just 21 years after the United States bought Southern Arizona, including Tucson, from Mexico in the Gadsden Purchase.

From Seattle Times

On this date in 1854, the Gadsden Purchase was ratified and signed by President Franklin Pierce.

From Washington Times

The land was not part of the original territory gained by the Americans at the end of the Mexican War, but the United States government acquired it in 1853, through the Gadsden Purchase, to build the southern transcontinental railway line.

From New York Times