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EVERETT, Edward, (father of William Everett), a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Dorchester, Mass., April 11, 1794; graduated from Harvard University in 1811; tutor in that university 1812-1814; studied theology and was ordained pastor of the Brattle Street Unitarian Church, Boston, in 1814; professor of Greek literature at Harvard University 1815-1826; overseer of Harvard University 1827-1847, 1849-1854, and 1862-1865; elected to the Nineteenth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1835); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1834; chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (Twentieth Congress); Governor of Massachusetts 1836-1840; appointed United States Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain 1841-1845; declined a diplomatic commission to China in 1843; president of Harvard University 1846-1849; appointed Secretary of State by President Millard Fillmore to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Daniel Webster and served from November 6, 1852, to March 3, 1853; elected as a Whig to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1853, until his resignation, effective June 1, 1854; unsuccessful candidate for vice president of the United States in 1860 on the Constitutional-Union ticket; died in Boston, Mass., January 15, 1865; interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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What speech did Abraham Lincoln give after the Battle of Gettysburg?
Several months after the Battle of Gettysburg, President Lincoln gave the speech that is now called the Gettysburg Address
Where did Lincoln sign the Gettysburg address?
The Gettysburg Address was not an executive order, which had to be issued and signed, it was a speech. Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address, shortly before he delivered it in Gettysburg, on November 19, 1863. He very likely, wrote it the night before or in the early morning hours on the 19th of November.
Which speech was delivered on a battlefield?
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
What famous speech did Lincoln make as they were burying the dead from the battle of Gettysburg?
the Gettysburg Address
Did president Abraham Lincoln give his Gettysburg address from his home in Gettysburg Maryland?
No, He gave this speech in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
