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EDWARD HILL EVERETT
Everett, Edward Hill (1794-1865) Father of William
Everett. A Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Dorchester, Suffolk County, 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, Suffolk County, Mass., January 15, 1865; interment in Mount Auburn
Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
Parents: Oliver Everett , Lucy Hill
Spouse: Charlotte Gray Brooks
Born: 4 Nov 1800 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Died: 2 Jul 1859 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Marriage: 8 May 1822 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Children Sex Birth
Anne Gorham Everett F 3 Mar 1823
Charlotte Brooks Everett F 13 Aug 1825 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Grace Webster Everett F 24 Dec 1827 in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Edward Brooks Everett M 6 May 1830 in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Henry Sidney Everett M 31 Dec 1834 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts
William Everett M 10 Oct 1839 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Sources:
U.S. Federal Census
Family Collections LDS
The Political Graveyard
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