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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsWilliam EVERETT
(1839-1910)
EVERETT, William, (son of
Edward Everett), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in
Watertown, Middlesex County, Mass., October 10, 1839; attended the
public schools of Cambridge and Boston; was graduated from Harvard
University in 1859, from Trinity College, Cambridge University,
England, in 1863, and from the law department of Harvard University
in 1865; was admitted to the bar in 1866; studied for the ministry,
and was licensed to preach in 1872 by the Suffolk Association of
Unitarian Ministers; tutor in Harvard University 1870-1873;
assistant professor of Latin 1873-1877; master of Adams Academy,
Quincy, Mass., 1878-1893; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third
Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry
Cabot Lodge and served from April 25, 1893, to March 3, 1895; was
not a candidate for renomination in 1894; unsuccessful candidate
for Governor of Massachusetts in 1897; master of school at Quincy,
Mass., where he died February 16, 1910; interment in Mount Auburn
Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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