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Edward Everett (April 11, 1794 – January 15, 1865) was an American politician, Unitarian pastor, educator, diplomat, and orator from Massachusetts. Everett, as a Whig , served as U.S. representative , U.S. senator , the 15th governor of Massachusetts , minister to Great Britain , and United States secretary of state .
Edward Everett, a prominent orator and politician, delivered a funeral oration at the dedication of the Gettysburg cemetery, where thousands of Union soldiers were buried. He compared the sacrifice of the American heroes to that of the ancient Greeks and praised the republican Union.
Edward Everett (born April 11, 1794, Dorchester, Mass., U.S.—died Jan. 15, 1865, Boston) was an American statesman and orator who is mainly remembered for delivering the speech immediately preceding President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (Nov. 19, 1863) at the ceremony dedicating the Gettysburg National Cemetery (Pa.) during the American Civil War (1861–65).
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May 21, 2018 · Learn about Edward Everett, a prominent American statesman and orator who delivered the Gettysburg address before Lincoln. Find out his political career, academic achievements, diplomatic missions, and controversies.
Apr 11, 2018 · Edward Everett (1794-1865). It is astonishing to think that when, in 1821, Greece declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire, its first appeal to America for recognition and support was not to the US government, but to a classicist. Yet, after the Greek War of Independence broke out in February 1821, a phenomenon which the US press ...
Edward Everett is, perhaps, best remembered as the other person who spoke at Gettysburg, lecturing for two hours compared to Abraham Lincoln's brief, but much better-known two-minute address. Everett also played a very important role in ensuring the preservation of George Washington's estate.
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Edward Everett was an American politician, Unitarian pastor, educator, diplomat, and orator from Massachusetts. Everett, as a Whig, served as U.S. representative, U.S. senator, the 15th governor of Massachusetts, minister to Great Britain, and United States secretary of state.
