Life span: 02/06/1818 to 02/28/1901TabsLife SummaryFull name: William Maxwell EvartsPlace of Birth: Boston, MABurial Place: Windsor, VTBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateEducation: HarvardYaleOccupation: PoliticianDiplomatAttorney or JudgeRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderPolitical Parties: RepublicanGovernment: Taylor Administration (1849-50)Fillmore Administration (1850-53)Johnson Administration (1865-69)Hayes Administration (1877-81)US Senate Note Cards William Maxwell Evarts (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceEVARTS, William Maxwell, (grandson of Roger Sherman, cousin of Roger Sherman Baldwin), a Senator from New York; born in Boston, Mass., February 6, 1818; attended the Boston Latin School and graduated from Yale College in 1837; studied at Harvard Law School; admitted to the bar in New York City in 1841 and practiced law; assistant United States district attorney 1849-1853; unsuccessful Republican candidate for the United States Senate in 1861; member of the State constitutional convention 1867-1868; appointed Attorney General of the United States by President Andrew Johnson 1868-1869; chief counsel for President Johnson in the impeachment proceedings in 1868; counsel for the United States before the tribunal of arbitration on the Alabama claims at Geneva, Switzerland, in 1872; counsel for President Rutherford Hayes, in behalf of the Republican Party, before the Electoral Commission in 1876; appointed Secretary of State of the United States by President Hayes 1877-1881; delegate to the International Monetary Conference at Paris 1881; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1891; chairman, Committee on the Library (Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses); retired from public life due to ill health; died in New York City, February 28, 1901; interment in Ascutney Cemetery, Windsor, Vt."Evarts, William Maxwell," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000262. Events Date span begin Life span End Event 02/02/1861 02/02/1861 New York Republicans elect Ira Harris to replace W.H. Seward in the United States Senate 04/20/1861 04/20/1861 Remarkable gathering of 100,000 New Yorkers in Union Square in support of suppressing the rebellion 05/13/1867 05/13/1867 In Richmond, former Confederate president Jefferson Davis appears in federal court under a writ of habeas corpus and is released on bail. 06/04/1867 06/04/1867 The 1867 New York State Constitutional Convention opens in Albany, New York. Documents Images William Maxwell Evarts William Maxwell Evarts, detail Bibliography
William Maxwell Evarts (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceEVARTS, William Maxwell, (grandson of Roger Sherman, cousin of Roger Sherman Baldwin), a Senator from New York; born in Boston, Mass., February 6, 1818; attended the Boston Latin School and graduated from Yale College in 1837; studied at Harvard Law School; admitted to the bar in New York City in 1841 and practiced law; assistant United States district attorney 1849-1853; unsuccessful Republican candidate for the United States Senate in 1861; member of the State constitutional convention 1867-1868; appointed Attorney General of the United States by President Andrew Johnson 1868-1869; chief counsel for President Johnson in the impeachment proceedings in 1868; counsel for the United States before the tribunal of arbitration on the Alabama claims at Geneva, Switzerland, in 1872; counsel for President Rutherford Hayes, in behalf of the Republican Party, before the Electoral Commission in 1876; appointed Secretary of State of the United States by President Hayes 1877-1881; delegate to the International Monetary Conference at Paris 1881; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1891; chairman, Committee on the Library (Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses); retired from public life due to ill health; died in New York City, February 28, 1901; interment in Ascutney Cemetery, Windsor, Vt."Evarts, William Maxwell," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000262.
