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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.
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Apr 7, 2024 · 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 ...
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On this day in 1863, Edward Everett spoke at the dedication of Gettysburg's National Cemetery, giving what is remembered today as the other Gettysburg Address. The Boston orator was the obvious choice for the occasion. During his 40-year career as professor, diplomat, and statesman, he had consistently dazzled audiences with his brilliant oratory.
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Mount Vernon, Va. : Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, 1913. 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 ...
Brief life of a statesman-orator: 1794-1865. November-December 2013. History has not been kind to Edward Everett. A preeminent public man of the nineteenth century, brilliant and honored, he is today too often relegated to a supporting role: it was Everett whose 13,000-word oration, delivered at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site ...
Feb 28, 2011 · Video. An illustration of an audio speaker. Audio An illustration of a 3.5" floppy disk. ... Everett, Edward, 1794-1865. Publication date 1865 Topics Education ...
Apr 11, 2018 · Johanna Hanink | Published 11 Apr 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.
