William M. Evarts

William M. Evarts (1818–1901) was an American lawyer and statesman from New York who served as U.S. Secretary of State (1877–1881) under Rutherford B. Hayes, U.S. Attorney General (1868–1869), and U.S. senator (1885–1891). Renowned as a litigator, he was involved in three of the era's most important legal causes: the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson, the Geneva arbitration, and the electoral commission that settled the presidential election of 1876.