Seward, William H.

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1. A political leader of the nineteenth century. Seward was secretary of state under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. He is best known for arranging the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867 for seven million dollars.

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Alaska was long called “Seward's Folly” and “Seward's Icebox” by people who thought that the place would show little return on the American investment in it.

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Seward, William H., speech of, on Kansas affairs, 64; the "logical candidate" in 1860, 102; opposition to nomination of, 102, 103; too radical for some states, 103; T. and Lincoln on candidacy of, 103, 104, 105; his inclusion in Cabinet opposed, 139 ff.;

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Seward, William H., wounded, 323, 324.

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Seward, William H., secretary of state, stigmatized by Count Gurowski, 222.

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