It was under Russian control till 1867 when Russian Emperor Tsar Alexander II, sold it to the US for $7.2 million under the deal signed with William H. Seward, the 24th US Secretary of State.

Alaskans remember William Seward as the secretary of state who bought Alaska for $7.2 million, but acquiring Russian claims to America's Northwest was only one of his many important achievements.

American Secretary of State William H. Seward, anxious to expand American Territory, signed a treaty for the sale on March 30, 1867, purchasing Alaska for 7.2 million dollars.

The answer to the final clue was William H. Seward, who helped negotiate the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867. Corbis/VCG via Getty Images ...

In reference to then-Secretary of State William H. Seward, some criticized the deal by calling it "Seward's folly" or "Seward's icebox," but criticism eased in the wake of the Klondike Gold Rush ...

William Seward – rightly – receives plenty of plaudits now for his role in the purchase. In truth, he couldn’t have pushed the deal through without President Johnson’s support.

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On October 18, 1867, the flag of Russia at the governor’s house in Sitka, Alaska was lowered, a United States flag rose in its place, ... Secretary of State William H. Seward ...