This man delivered the first speech arguing that the name Alaska, rather than "Russian America," should be used for the land bought by "Seward's Folly.
This man delivered the first speech arguing that the name Alaska, rather than "Russian America," should be used for the land bought by "Seward's Folly." This man was eulogized by Lucius Lamar of Mississippi, a speech which John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage cited for mending North-South relations. This man, who compared Andrew Butler to Sancho Panza in one speech, chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during the (*) Trent Affair. Laurence Keitt brandished a pistol and shouted "let them be!" as this man was retalitated against for his speech "The Crime Against Kansas." For 10 points, name this Radical Republican, an anti-slavery Massachusetts senator whom Preston Brooks attacked in the Senate chamber with a cane.
This man delivered the first speech arguing that the name Alaska, rather than "Russian America," should be used for the land bought by "Seward's Folly.
Charles Sumner