[DOC] [TLE] Alaska Purchase - Wikipedia [PAR] The Alaska Purchase was the United States' acquisition of Alaska from the 
Russian Empire on March 30, 1867 by a treaty ratified by the United States 
Senate, and signed by president Andrew Johnson. ... Communicating primarily 
with Assistant Secretary of State John Appleton and Senator William M. Gwin, De 
Stoeckl... [DOC] [TLE] Purchase of Alaska - America's Story from America's Library [PAR] How much do you think a state is worth? On March 30, 1867, Secretary of State 
William H. Seward agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. [DOC] [TLE] William Seward - American Civil War - HISTORY.com [PAR] Andrew Johnson and Alaska 3min ... In 1867 U.S. Secretary of State William 
Seward successfully negotiated the purchase of Alaska from ... In 1830 he was 
elected to the New York State Senate as a member of the Anti-Masonic Party, ... 
in 1867, when he negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million 
in gold. [DOC] [TLE] Andrew Johnson - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com [PAR] During Andrew Johnson's presidency, his secretary of state, William Seward, negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. At the time of the 1867 deal, critics dubbed it Seward's Folly. Alaska became the 49th U.S. state on January 3, 1959. [DOC] [TLE] The Alaska Purchase: Map, facts and history for kids *** [PAR] Find a summary, definition and facts about the Alaska Purchase for kids. ... 
Secretary of State, William Henry Seward, purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 
million which ... the Secretary of State under both President Lincoln and 
President Johnson and was an ardent ... The Alaska Purchase took place on 
October 18, 1867. [DOC] [TLE] Alaska: Russia's Folly | History Today [PAR] The US $7.2 million cheque used to pay for Alaska (worth $121 million today)On 
March 30th, 1867, the American Secretary of State, William H. Seward, ... The 
purchase of Alaska was the sole triumph among Seward's expansionist projects. 
... No Russians were there to oppose him, but he did find the Meares shore party. [DOC] [TLE] Seward's Folly - AlaskaWeb [PAR] Russia initially tried to interest the United States in purchasing Alaska in 1859, ... 
Seward, Secretary of State under presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew 
Johnson, ... of the vast territory of Alaska to the United States for the sum of $7.2 
million, ... 1868, however, Secretary Seward claimed he did not doubt "that the 
political... [DOC] [TLE] Governing Alaska | Alaska History and Cultural Studies [PAR] After the purchase of Alaska ... The treaty worked out by Secretary of State 
William H. Seward and the Russian ... "The name should come from the country 
itself," Sumner said during a three-hour speech he gave to the U.S. ... in Sitka, 
that the U.S. House approved the $7.2 million, which amounted to about two 
cents an acre. [DOC] [TLE] Biographer calls Seward's Folly a myth - The Seward Phoenix Log [PAR] Apr 3, 2014 ... Except for a slight nod for the state holiday, Seward's Day, which was ... U.S. 
Secretary of State who brokered the Alaska Purchase in 1867 and after ... Vice 
President Andrew Johnson and General Ulysses S. Grant. ... considered mostly 
worthless, for a mere $7.2 million dollars or about two-cents per acre. [DOC] [TLE] Buying Alaska - White Plains Public Schools [PAR] But Secretary of State William H. Seward had wanted to buy Alaska for a long 
time. ... 1- Who was William H. Seward and why was he significant in American 
history? ... man Billy lay in a great stock of Russian ice in order to cool down the 
Congress. ... the United States would pay Russia $7.2 million for the territory of 
Alaska. [DOC] [TLE] Andrew Johnson Purchase of Alaska | Symon Sez [PAR] Want To See the $7.2 Million Dollar Check For Alaska Purchase? ... Secretary of 
State William H. Seward began negotiations to acquire the territory. .... For a brief 
period of time when he was young, Edison lived in a small house ...

Question: Johnson's secretary of state, he negotiated the purchase of Alaska for a cool $7.2 million
Answer: William Seward