Great moments in pandering: 1873, the Northern Pacific Railway renames Edwinton in the Dakota Territories after German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, as a gimmick to attract German immigrants. Bismarck is today the capital of North Dakota.
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Several American state capitals are named after British or American figures, Native American names, or Spanish terms, but offhand, I believe Bismarck is the only one named after a political leader of Continental Europe, let alone one who was then in power.
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