EVERETT, Edward, (father of William
Everett), a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Dorchester,
Mass., April 11, 1794; 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, in 1814; professor of Greek literature at
Harvard University 1815-1826; overseer of Harvard University 1827-1847,
1849-1854, and 1862-1865; elected to the Nineteenth and to the four succeeding
Congresses (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1835); declined to be a candidate for
renomination in 1834; chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (Twentieth
Congress); Governor of Massachusetts 1836-1840; appointed United States Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain 1841-1845; declined
a diplomatic commission to China in 1843; president of Harvard University
1846-1849; appointed Secretary of State by President Millard Fillmore to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of Daniel Webster and served from November 6,
1852, to March 3, 1853; elected as a Whig to the United States Senate and served
from March 4, 1853, until his resignation, effective June 1, 1854; unsuccessful
candidate for vice president of the United States in 1860 on the
Constitutional-Union ticket; died in Boston, Mass., January 15, 1865; interment
in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. - Biographical
Data courtesy of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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The United Colonies 1st
government began in a Philadelphia Tavern
and the United States 1st federal government ended in a
NYC Tavern!
The Founders convened the government in 11 different capitol buildings and
experienced 15 years of challenges that
included war,
hyper-inflation, a failed
constitution, judicial corruption, armed citizen and U.S. Army rebellions.
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