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Edward Everett
Secretary of State,
Term of Appointment:
11/06/1852 to
03/03/1853
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- Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, April 11, 1794;
- Graduated from Harvard University in 1811;
- Pursued theological studies and received M.A. degree in 1814;
- Became pastor of the Brattle Street Unitarian Church, Boston, in 1814;
- Studied and traveled in Europe 1815-1819 receiving a Ph.D. degree at Gottingen in 1817;
- Occupied the chair of Greek literature at Harvard University, 1819-1825;
- Edited the North American Reviert 1820-1824;
- Married Charlotte Gray Brooks in 1822; was a Representative from Massachusetts, 1825-1835;
- Governor of Massachusetts, 1836-1839;
- Served as Minister to Great Britain 1841-1845;
- President of Harvard 1846-1849;
- Was commissioned Secretary of State in President Fillmore's Cabinet November 6, 1852, entered upon his duties the same day, and served until March 3, 1853;
- As Secretary of State, declined a proposal of France and Great Britain that the United States enter into a convention with them guaranteeing to Spain the possession of Cuba;
- Senator from Massachusetts 18531854; became known as one of the greatest orators of his day;
- Unsuccessful candidate for the Vice Presidency on the Constitutional-union ticket in 1860;
- Presidential elector in 1864;
- Died in Boston January 15, 1865.
Released on July 15, 2003
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