Background
Everett, Edward was born on April 11, 1794 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review Oliver and Lucy (Hill) Everett.
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Everett, Edward was born on April 11, 1794 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review Oliver and Lucy (Hill) Everett.
Graduated from Harvard, 1811, Master of Arts., 1814. Ph. D. (1st awarded to an American) U. Gottingen (Germany).
Minister, Brattle Street Unitarian Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1814-1815. Professor Greek literature Harvard, 1815-1820, president, 1846-1849, member board overseers, 1827-1846, 49-54, 62-65. Editor N. American Review, 1819.
Member United States House of Reps from Massachusetts, 19th-23d congresses, 1825-1835. Governor Massachusetts, 1836-1840, created Massachusetts Board of Education and normal school system, aided in construction railroad to Hudson River. United States minister to Court of St. James, England, 1841-1845.
United States secretary of state, 1852-1853. Member United States Senate from Massachusetts, 1853-June 1, 1854, worked for compromise of slavery question. Lectured for purchase and preservation of Mount Vernon as national monument.
Unsuccessful candidate for vice president United States on Constitutional Union Party ticket, 1860. Made many speeches supporting Union cause, 1860-1864. Delivered speech preceding Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863.
President Union Club of Boston. Republican presidential elector, 1864.
Member United States House of Reps from Massachusetts, 19th-23d congresses, 1825-1835. Member United States Senate from Massachusetts, 1853-June 1, 1854, worked for compromise of slavery question.
Married Charlotte Brooks, 1822, 6 children.