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- Edward Everett (father of William Everett), a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Dorchester, Mass., April 11, 1794; was graduated from Harvard University in 1811; tutor in that university 1812-1814; studied theology, and was ordained pastor of the Brattle Street Unitarian Church, Boston, February 9, 1814; professor of Greek literature in Harvard University 1815-1820; Eliot professor of Greek literature 1820-1826; overseer of Harvard University 1827-1847, 1849-1854, and 1862-1865; elected as a National-Republican to the Nineteenth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1835); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1834; Governor of Massachusetts 1836-1840; appointed United States Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain and served from September 13, 1841, to August 8, 1845; declined a diplomatic commission to China in 1843; elected president of Harvard University and served from 1846 to 1849; appointed Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President Fillmore to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Daniel Webster and served from November 6, 1852, to March 3, 1853; elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1853, until his resignation, effective June 1, 1854; unsuccessful candidate for Vice President in 1860 on the Constitutional-Union ticket with John Bell of Tennessee; delivered the address of dedication of the national cemetery at Gettysburg, Pa., November 19, 1863; presidential elector on the Republican ticket of Lincoln and Johnson in 1864; died in Boston, Mass., January 15, 1865; interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. (Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949)
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