"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 ...

JUNEAU -- Petitioners have called for the removal of a statue in downtown Juneau depicting the U.S. cabinet secretary who arranged the purchase of the state’s land from Russia. Juneau resident ...

“Our population is destined to roll its resistless waves to the icy barriers of the north,” said William Henry Seward 101 years ago. Twenty-one years later, he bought one of the Arctic marches—Alaska ...

Seward, on the other hand, was generally popular, and aimed to be so, to such an extent that it might at first be questioned whether this was not the main basis of his distinguished success. He played ...