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."
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."