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This Day in Legal History: Senate Approves Alaska Purchase
On April 9, 1867, the United States Senate voted to ratify the Treaty with Russia for the Purchase of Alaska, approving the acquisition of the territory for $7.2 million. The deal, championed by Secretary of State William H. Seward, added over 586,000 square miles to U.S. territory. At the time, many Americans viewed the icy, remote land as a barren wasteland, mocking the transaction as “Seward’s Folly” or “Seward’s Icebox.” Despite public ridicule, Seward pursued the deal partly to prevent British expansion from neighboring Canada…
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