Wheeler, Everett Pepperrell (1840-1925)

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Everett Pepperrell Wheeler to Jane Addams, November 6, 1909

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Birth Date

1840-03-10

Death Date

1925-02-08

Birthplace

New York City, New York

Biographical Text

Everett P. Wheeler was an attorney and politician who graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1856 and from Harvard in 1859. In 1894 he ran for governor of New York, but was nominated by a split faction of the Democratic Party and did not obtain the official nomination. Wheeler helped found the Citizens Union and the American Bar Association. He drafted the bill which created the consolidated City of New York in 1897. Wheeler was the author of many books, including Wages and the Tariff, The Knowledge of Faith and Daniel Webster, Expounder of the Constitution.

Wheeler married Lydia Lorraine Hodges in 1866. The couple had two daughters. Lydia Wheeler died in 1902. In 1904 he married Alice Gilman. Wheeler died in 1925.

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Lawyer

Politician

Source

Cauldwell, William, ed. The Successful American. Vol. 5-6. New York, NY: The Writers' Press Association, 1902. p. 567

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Hajo, Cathy Moran

Lichon, Sara Catherine

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Public domain

Gender

Male

First appears

1909

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Everett P. Wheeler Dies Following Brief Illness, Baltimore Sun, February 10, 1925, p. 4.

Everett P. Wheeler, 1910 United States Federal Census

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“Wheeler, Everett Pepperrell (1840-1925),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed September 7, 2024, https://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/3109.