WILLIAM MAXWELL EVARTS (1818–1901)
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V10,
Page 4
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also: - WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
American lawyer, was born in Boston on the 6th of February 1818
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He graduated at Yale in 1837, was admitted to the bar in New York in 1841, and soon took high rank in his profession
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In 186o he was chairman of the New York delegation to the Republican national convention
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In 1861 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States senatorship from New York
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He was chief counsel for President See also: - JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
during the impeachment trial, and from July 1868 until March 1869 he was attorney- general of the United States
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In 1872 he was counsel for the United States in the " Alabama " arbitration
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During President Hayes's ad-ministration (1877–1881) he was secretary of state; and from 1885 to 1891 he was one of the senators from New York
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As an orator Senator Evarts stood in the foremost rank, and some of his best speeches were published
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He died in New York on the 28th of February 1901
.
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