Seward,
William Henry 1801-72; U.S. statesman: secretary of state (1861-69)
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(so͞oˈərd), William Henry 1801-1872.
American politician who as U.S. secretary of state (1861-1869) arranged the purchase of Alaska from Russia (1867), a transaction long known as “Seward's Folly.”