William Everett

{{short description|American politician}} {{For|the comic artist|Bill Everett}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder |name=William Everett |image=William Everett.jpg |state=[[Massachusetts]] |district=[[Massachusetts's 7th congressional district|7th]] |party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] |term=April 25, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |preceded=[[William Cogswell]] |succeeded=[[William Emerson Barrett|William E. Barrett]] |birth_date={{birth date|1839|10|10|mf=y}} |birth_place=[[Watertown, Massachusetts]], U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1910|2|16|1839|10|10|mf=y}} |death_place=[[Quincy, Massachusetts]], U.S. |parents=[[Edward Everett]] and Charlotte Gray Brooks |spouse= |signature=Signature of William Everett (1839–1910).png |current occupation= |footnotes= }}

'''William Everett''' (October 10, 1839 – February 16, 1910) was an American academic and politician. He was born in [[Watertown, Massachusetts]], the son of [[Charlotte Gray Brooks]] and Massachusetts governor and U.S. Secretary of State [[Edward Everett]].

He graduated from [[Harvard University]] in 1859, from [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] in 1863 and from [[Harvard University]]'s law department in 1865.<ref>{{acad|id=EVRT859W|name=Everett, William}}</ref> He was admitted to the bar in 1866 and was licensed to preach in 1872 by the [[Suffolk Association of Unitarian Ministers]]. He tutored at [[Harvard University]] from 1870 to 1873, then was promoted to [[assistant professor]] of [[Latin]], a position he held till 1877. He became master of [[Adams Academy]] in 1878.

Everett left Adams Academy in 1893 and was elected to the [[53rd United States Congress|Fifty-third United States Congress]] as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] representing [[Massachusetts's 7th congressional district|Massachusetts's seventh district]]. He then followed in his father's footsteps by running for [[Governor of Massachusetts]]. However, he lost the election to the incumbent [[Roger Wolcott (Massachusetts politician)|Roger Wolcott]].

Everett returned to his job as master of [[Adams Academy]] in 1897. He died on February 16, 1910, and was interred with his parents in [[Mount Auburn Cemetery]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].

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==External links== {{CongBio|E000269}} * {{Find a Grave|7500302}}

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