Edward Everett

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Edward Everett was a prominent 19th-century American politician, orator, and statesman who served as a U.S. senator, governor of Massachusetts, and briefly as U.S. Secretary of State.

Aliases (3)
  • Charles Sumner ×1
  • Daniel Webster ×1
  • Edward Everett Jr. ×1

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
human
orator
statesman
burialPlace Mount Auburn Cemetery
causeOfDeath stroke
child Edward Everett Jr.
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1794-04-11
dateOfDeath 1865-01-15
educatedAt Harvard College
University of Göttingen
familyName Everett
givenName Edward
honorificPrefix The Honorable
knownFor being a leading American orator of the mid-19th century
delivering the main oration at the Gettysburg cemetery dedication
memberOfPoliticalParty Whig Party
nativeLanguage English
notableWork Gettysburg Oration
occupation academic
clergyman
diplomat
orator
politician
officeEndTime Governor of Massachusetts:1840
President of Harvard University:1849
United States Secretary of State:1853
United States Senator from Massachusetts:1854
officeStartTime Governor of Massachusetts:1836
President of Harvard University:1846
United States Secretary of State:1852
United States Senator from Massachusetts:1853
participatedIn American Civil War-era Unionist political efforts
placeOfBirth Dorchester, Massachusetts
placeOfDeath Boston, Massachusetts
positionHeld Governor of Massachusetts
Minister to Spain
Minister to the United Kingdom
President of Harvard University
United States Representative
United States Secretary of State
United States Senator from Massachusetts
Vice Presidential candidate of the Constitutional Union Party
religion Unitarianism
residence Boston, Massachusetts
sexOrGender male
spouse Charlotte Gray Brooks


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