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William Maxwell Evarts (February 6, 1818 – February 28, 1901) was an American lawyer and statesman from New York who served as U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator from New York.
William Maxwell Evarts (born Feb. 6, 1818, Boston—died Feb. 28, 1901, New York City) was a U.S. lawyer and statesman who took part successfully in the three greatest public cases of his generation.
Evarts led the American fundraising effort for the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty, serving as the chairman of the American Committee, and was a founding member of the New York City Bar Association, serving as its first president from 1870 to 1879.
In New York City, there is no park or high school named for, let alone a statue of, William Evarts. The only trace of this towering Gilded Age New York lawyer and statesman is found above the doors of two adjacent tenement buildings at Second Avenue and 14th Street.
The American lawyer and statesman William Maxwell Evarts (1818-1901) was secretary of state under President Rutherford B. Hayes. Born in Boston, William M. Evarts was educated at Boston Latin School and Yale College, from which he graduated in 1837. He attended the Dane Law School at Harvard and entered practice in New York City in 1841.
William Evarts was appointed Secretary of State by President Rutherford B. Hayes on March 7, 1877, and began serving as Secretary on March 12. Evarts served until March 7, 1881.
William Maxwell Evarts (February 6, 1818 – February 28, 1901) was an American lawyer and statesman from New York who served as U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator from New York.
