Shooting Star in Washington
Shooting Star in Washington
Secretary of State and Senator
This chapter covers Everett’s time as Daniel Webster’s replacement in the State Department and his brief service as U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. It shows that 1852 and most of 1853 were a time of great optimism and prominence for his political fortunes, thriving in an atmosphere of relative sectional peace. His nationalist statements on issues such as the future of Cuba also helped his popularity. But then the Kansas-Nebraska Act shattered that peace and derailed Everett’s political rise. His effort to forge a conservatively antislavery reaction to Kansas-Nebraska failed to win the support of the Free Soilers and others who would go on to found the Republican Party. And missing the Senate vote on the Act, together with his failing health, spelled the end of his term in the Senate.
Keywords: Cuba, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Stephen A. Douglas, Free Soil Party
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