EVARTS, WILLIAM MAXWELL Ameri can lawyer, was born in Boston (Mass.), Feb. 6, 1818. He gradu ated from Yale in 1837, attended Harvard Law school in 1839, was admitted to the bar in New York in 1841, and soon took high rank in his profession. In 186o he was chairman of the New York delegation to the Republican national convention. He was chief counsel for President Johnson during the impeachment trial, and from July 1868 until March 1869 he was attorney general of the United States. In 1872 he was counsel for the United States in the "Alabama" arbitration. During President Hayes' administration (1877-81) he was secretary of State; and from 1885 to 1891 he was one of the senators from New York. He died in New York on Feb. 28, 1901.