Edward Everett (April 11, 1794 – January 15, 1865) was an American politician, Unitarian pastor, educator, diplomat, and orator from Massachusetts.
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Edward Everett was appointed Secretary of State by President Millard Fillmore on November 6, 1852, and entered into duty on the same day.
Edward Everett
Former United States Secretary of State
Edward Everett was an American politician, Unitarian pastor, educator, diplomat, and orator from Massachusetts. Everett, as a Whig, served as U.S. representative, U.S. senator, the 15th governor of Massachusetts, minister to Great Britain, and... Wikipedia
Born: April 11, 1794, Dorchester, Boston, MA
Died: January 15, 1865 (age 70 years), Boston, MA
Children: William Everett, Edward Brooks Everett, Charlotte Brooks Everett, and more
Education: Harvard University, Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard College, and more
Party: National Union Party
Spouse: Charlotte Gray Brooks (m. 1822)
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American statesman and orator who is mainly remembered for delivering the speech immediately preceding President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Edward Everett, the sixteenth governor of Massachusetts, was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts on April 11, 1794.
One of the most influential men in Boston, perhaps even in the United States during the latter half of the 19th century.
Born in 1794 in Dorchester, MA, Edward Everett served many prominent roles throughout his life, including Member of U.S. House of Representatives from MA's 4th ...
Edward Everett is, perhaps, best remembered as the other person who spoke at Gettysburg, lecturing for two hours compared to Abraham Lincoln's brief, but much ...
Jun 18, 2015 · Born the son of a Boston reverend in 1794, Edward Everett - arguably a genius - was admitted to Harvard University at the age of 13.
Edward Everett was born in 1794 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, graduated from Harvard College in 1811, and spent the next three years there as a tutor while ...
History has not been kind to Edward Everett. A preeminent public man of the nineteenth century, brilliant and honored, he is today too often relegated to a ...