William Everett (October 10, 1839 – February 16, 1910) was born in

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, United States. He was the son of Charlotte Gray Brooks and orator, Massachusetts governor and U.S. Secretary of State

Edward Everett 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 Mass ...

, who spoke at

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, before

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on November 19, 1863. He graduated from

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in 1859, from

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in 1863 and from

's law department in 1865. 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

from 1870 to 1873, then was promoted to

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, a position he held till 1877. He became master of

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in 1878. Everett left

in 1893 and was elected to the

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as a

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representing Massachusetts's seventh district. He then followed in his father's footsteps by running for

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. However, he lost the election to the incumbent Roger Wolcott. Everett returned to his job as master of

in 1897. He died on February 16, 1910, and was interred with his parents in Mount Auburn Cemetery in

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