William M. Evarts

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United States Secretary of State human lawyer politician statesman

William M. Evarts was a prominent 19th-century American lawyer, statesman, and U.S. Secretary of State who played a key role in major legal and political developments of his era.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Secretary of State → human → lawyer → politician → statesman →
appointedBy	Andrew Johnson → Rutherford B. Hayes → Ulysses S. Grant →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1818-02-06 →
dateOfDeath	1901-02-28 →
educatedAt	Harvard Law School → Yale College NERFINISHED →
employer	United States Department of Justice → United States Department of State → United States Senate →
endTime	1881-03-07 →
familyName	Evarts →
givenName	William →
memberOf	New York Bar → Yale Corporation →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Republican Party →
middleName	Maxwell →
notableFor	role in Andrew Johnson impeachment trial → role in Geneva Arbitration on Alabama Claims → role in resolution of the disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election →
notableWork	Argument in the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson → Arguments before the Electoral Commission of 1877 → Arguments before the Geneva Tribunal on the Alabama Claims →
numberOfChildren	12 →
occupation	diplomat → lawyer → politician →
officeContested	United States Senate seat from New York →
placeOfBirth	Boston, Massachusetts →
placeOfDeath	New York City, New York NERFINISHED →
positionHeld	Counsel for President Andrew Johnson in impeachment trial → Counsel for Republican Party before Electoral Commission of 1877 → Counsel for the United States in the Geneva Arbitration → United States Assistant Secretary of State → United States Attorney General → United States Secretary of State → United States Senator from New York →
religion	Congregationalism →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Helen Minerva Wardner →
startTime	1877-03-12 →
workLocation	New York City → Washington, D.C. →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Evarts Act → Judiciary Act of 1891 →	namedAfter
Evarts Act → Judiciary Act of 1891 →	sponsor
Collector of the Port of New York →	positionHeldBy