As a cabinet member, this politician had his relationship with the president satirized in a cartoon showing him as Romeo comforting Mercutio. Lewis Powell tried to assassinate this politician while he
As a cabinet member, this politician had his relationship with the president satirized in a cartoon showing him as Romeo comforting Mercutio. Lewis Powell tried to assassinate this politician while he was on his sickbed. During debate over the Compromise of 1850, this politician invoked a "higher law than the constitution". He helped resolve the Trent Affair as Secretary of State. A decision led by this politician cost the United States $7.2 million and led to a territory being nicknamed his "icebox." For 10 points, name this Secretary of State under Andrew Johnson and Abraham Lincoln who spearheaded the purchase of Alaska, which was nicknamed his "folly."