William Henry Seward (1801-1872) was a state senator, governor of New York, a U.S. Senator, and served as Secretary of State in the Lincoln and Johnson administrations. His purchase of Alaska in ...

William H. Seward, President Abraham Lincoln’s secretary of state, purchased Alaska from Russia in a deal that was long derided as “Seward’s Folly.” Seward also attempted to buy Greenland ...

As it happened, Walker had heard wrong: Neither Iceland nor Greenland was for sale. Nor would they ever be. Congress, which was still digesting Seward’s purchase of Alaska, didn’t like Walker ...

William Henry Seward, the man who engineered the nation’s purchase of Alaska in 1867 and who served as Secretary of State from 1861-1869, was born in Florida, N.Y. on May 16, 1801.

Kudos to the William H. Seward commemorative statue committee for a decision they made recently, concerning the statue they are commissioning to celebrate the upcoming 150th anniversary of the U.S ...

AUBURN | On a rainy day 140 years ago, a procession of carriages escorted William H. Seward's body into Fort Hill Cemetery and bared witness to his internment.

President Trump isn’t the first U.S. politician to be interested in Greenland — not by a long shot. Accessibility statement Skip to main content. ... William H. Seward.