Person:Edward Everett (8)

Name	Edward Everett
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	11 Apr 1794	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Graduation^[1]	1811	Harvard College, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	8 May 1822	to Charlotte Gray Brooks
Death^[1]	15 Jan 1865	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Edward Everett (April 11, 1794January 15, 1865) was an American politician and educator from Massachusetts. Everett, 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. He also taught at Harvard University and served as president of Harvard.

Everett was one of the great American orators of the ante-bellum and Civil War era. He is often remembered today as the featured orator at the dedication ceremony of the National Cemetery in Gettysburg in 1863, where he spoke for over two hoursimmediately before President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous, two-minute Gettysburg Address.

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