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Edward Everett (April 11, 1794 – January 15, 1865) was an American politician, pastor, educator, diplomat, and orator from Massachusetts. Everett, a Whig, served as U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, the 15th Governor of Massachusetts, Minister to Great Britain, and U.S. Secretary of State. He also taught at Harvard University and served as its president.
Everett was one of the great American orators of the antebellum and Civil War eras. He is often remembered today as the featured orator at the dedication ceremony of the Gettysburg National Cemetery in 1863, where he spoke for over two hours, immediately before President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous, two-minute Gettysburg Address.
Prior to the war, he had ran for Vice President on the Constitutional Union Party with John Bell in 1860. The ticket carried fourth place in the popular votes with 590,901 popular votes while carrying third in the electoral college, carrying 39 electoral votes from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia.
Edward Everett in The Guns of the South
Edward Everett ran for Vice President of the United States in two consecutive elections. The first was in 1860 with John Bell of the Constitutional Union Party, the second was in 1864 with George McClellan's independent campaign. In both elections, the ticket containing Everett came in fourth in the popular vote, but third in the Electoral College. In 1864, the McClellan-Everett ticket carried 287,749 popular votes and carried ten electoral votes from Delaware and New Jersey.
Literary comment
While the name of McClellan's running mate is not revealed in the novel proper, the chart at the back of the book gives the name "Everett." Since all the other candidates in the election are historical figures, it is safe to assume that Harry Turtledove had Edward Everett in mind.
| Political offices (OTL) | ||
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| Preceded by Timothy Fuller |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 4th congressional district |
Succeeded by Levi Lincoln, Jr. |
| Preceded by Samuel Turell Armstrong as Acting Governor |
Governor of Massachusetts January 13, 1836 – January 18, 1840 |
Succeeded by Marcus Morton |
| Preceded by Daniel Webster |
United States Secretary of State November 6, 1852 – March 4, 1853 |
Succeeded by William L. Marcy |
| Preceded by Andrew Stevenson |
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1841–1845 |
Succeeded by Louis McLane |
| Preceded by John Davis |
U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Massachusetts March 4, 1853 – June 1, 1854 Served alongside: Charles Sumner |
Succeeded by Julius Rockwell |
| Party political offices (OTL) | ||
| Preceded by Andrew J. Donelson (American "Know Nothing" Party) |
Constitutional Union and Whig Party vice presidential nominee 1860 (lost) |
Party dissolved |
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