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William M. Evarts, 1865-1880. Evarts, Wm. M. (Sec. of State), between 1865 and 1880. [Politician and lawyer: US Attorney General; one of the team of lawyers prosecuting Jefferson Davis for treason; counsel for U.S. President Andrew Johnson during his impeachment trial; counsel for the United States before the tribunal of arbitration on the Alabama claims in Geneva, Switzerland].