William Everett

William Everett

William Everett (born October 10, 1839 in Watertown , Massachusetts , †  February 16, 1910 in Quincy , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1893 and 1895 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Everett was the son of Governor Edward Everett (1794-1865), who also represented the State of Massachusetts in both chambers of Congress . He attended the public schools in Cambridge and Boston and then studied until 1859 at Harvard University . He then went to England , where he studied at the University of Cambridge until 1863 . After studying law at Harvard, he was admitted to the bar in 1865. Everett then completed a degree in theology. In 1871 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1872 he was ordained a minister. From 1870 to 1873 he was a curator at Harvard University. In the following years until 1877 he taught Latin and from 1878 to 1893 he directed the Adams Academy in Quincy.

Politically, Everett was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1893 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in a by-election for the seventh seat of Massachusetts , where he took up his new mandate on April 25, 1893. Since he was no longer running in 1894, he was only able to end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1895. In 1897 he ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for the National Democratic Party for the office of governor of Massachusetts. In the meantime he took over the management of the Adams Academy again . He died in Quincy on February 16, 1910.

Web links

• William Everett in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Everett in the database of Find a Grave (English)