National Union Republican Ticket For Presidential Electors Edward Everett and Whitting Griswold of Massachusetts / SOLD

National Union Republican Ticket - Inventory Number: POL 047 / SOLD

For Presidential Electors Edward Everett and Whitting Griswold of Massachusetts.  Election ticket, 5 7/8 x 13 3/4 inches.  Presidential election ticket listing Republican presidential electors and candidates for Massachusetts state, district, and count offices.  Illustrated with an image of an eagle on a federal shield.  The reverse has a beautiful blue banner reading, "National Republican Ticket".  Printed by Stevenson and Nichols.  Scarce!  Professionally framed and matted so that both sides of the ticket are visible.  Frame measures 18 1/8" l x 11 1/4" w.  

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 United States 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.

The son of a pastor, Everett was educated at Harvard, and briefly ministered at Boston's Brattle Street Church before taking a teaching job at Harvard. The position included preparatory studies in Europe, so Everett spent two years in studies at the University of Göttingen, and another two years traveling around Europe. At Harvard he taught ancient Greek literature for several years before becoming involved in politics, and began an extensive and popular speaking career. He served ten years in the United States Congress before winning election as Governor of Massachusetts in 1835. As governor he introduced the state Board of Education, the first of its type in the nation.

After being defeated in the 1839 election by one vote, Everett was appointed Minister to Great Britain, serving until 1845. He next became President of Harvard, a job he quickly came to dislike. In 1849 he became an assistant to longtime friend and colleague Daniel Webster, who had been appointed Secretary of State. Upon Webster's death Everett served as Secretary of State for a few months until he was sworn in as U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. In the later years of his life Everett traveled, giving speeches all over the country. He supported efforts to maintain the Union before the Civil War, running for Vice President on the Constitutional Union Party ticket in 1860. He was active in supporting the Union effort during the war and supported Lincoln in the 1864 election.

Whiting Griswold (November 12, 1814 – October 28, 1874) was an American abolitionist, lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and in the Massachusetts Senate.  In 1864 Griswold was a presidential elector from Massachusetts for Abraham Lincoln.

Inventory Number: POL 047 / SOLD