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William Henry Seward (/ ˈ s uː ər d /; [1] May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States senator.
In 1931 Seward dismissed the notion of a biological origin of stromatolites. This rejection became known as "Seward's folly". [5] Seward's studies of Mesozoic palaeobotany earned him membership of the Royal Society at the youthful age of thirty-five. He devoted a great deal of time to education, both as college and departmental administrator ...
Seward's Folly (named after U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward) [7] Seward's Ice Box, Icebergia, Polaria, Walrussia, and Johnson's Polar Bear Garden were satirical names coined by members of the U.S. Congress during debate over the Alaska Purchase [7] American Samoa
Seward's Success was a planned community proposed for Point MacKenzie, north of Anchorage, Alaska, United States. The megaproject was to be fully enclosed by a dome spanning the Knik Arm and holding a community of 40,000 residents, [ 1 ] with ample residential, office, recreational and commercial space.
At the instigation of U.S. Secretary of State William Seward, the United States Senate approved the purchase of Alaska from Russia for US$7.2 million on August 1, 1867 (equivalent to approximately $157M in 2023). This purchase was popularly known in the U.S. as "Seward's Folly", "Seward's Icebox," or "Andrew Johnson's Polar Bear Garden", and ...
The opponents of the purchase who characterized it as "Seward's Folly", alluding to William H. Seward, the Secretary of State who negotiated it, represented a minority opinion at the time. [87] [88] Cowboy hats were not initially popular in the Western American frontier, with derby or bowler hats being the typical headgear of choice. [89]
Seward was born in Auburn, New York on July 8, 1830. He was the son of Frances Adeline (née Miller) and William H. Seward, who shortly became a New York State Senator, and later the 12th governor of New York, a U.S. Senator, and the 24th U.S. Secretary of State).
Folly (color), a color one-fourth of the way between crimson and rose, closer to crimson than to rose; USS Folly (SP-1453), a sailing schooner that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel during World War I; Yoann Folly (born 1985), French-born Togolese football player