"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." One political figure who forms a lesser-known part of the story is William H. Seward. The premiere ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Today marks the anniversary of one of the most controversial land deals in American history: the Alaska Purchase or Seward's Folly ...

Seward was born in Florida, New York, in Orange County and lived for many years in Auburn in Cayuga County. He made his home ...

An impressive, six-foot tall statue is on it's way to Alaska, but first it made its way through Seward. The reason the $200,000 statute happened to make its way through Seward is because it's a statue ...

William Seward is known to most people as the architect of “Seward’s folly,” the acquisition of Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million in 1867. The stinging name has stuck, though energy-rich Alaska has ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Petitioners have called for the removal of a statue in Alaska depicting the U.S. cabinet secretary who arranged the purchase of the state’s land from Russia. Juneau resident ...

GREAT social and political movements which end either in peaceful or in violent revolution develop two wholly distinct sets of leaders. First come the agitators and fanatics, crying in the wilderness, ...

Chester A. Arthur, William Lloyd Garrison, and General Winfield Scott Hancock were amongst the celebrities who attended the 1876 dedication of the William Henry Seward statue in Madison Square Park.