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Originally Posted by Robbie
Uhmm...Alaska became a state in 1959 bro  |
In 1942 Alaska was, in fact, a United States Territory. It was purchased by the U.S. from Russia in March of 1867 (see Seward's Folly). Alaska also had a United States military presence in situ since the late 1860s as well as a governor appointed by the President of the United States starting in the 1880s.