Katharine Evarts
Katharine Evarts | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Kent | |
| In office 1959–1967 | |
| Preceded by | Francis C. Cady |
| Succeeded by | Seat eliminated |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Katharine Avery Morgan October 29, 1898 Westbury, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 19, 2006 (aged 107) |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse |
Jeremiah Maxwell Evarts
(divorced) |
| Children | 5 |
| Parent(s) | Elizabeth Mary Moran Edwin D. Morgan III (1854–1933) |
| Relatives | Edwin D. Morgan (great-grandfather) |
Katharine Avery Evarts (October 29, 1898 – April 19, 2006) was an American politician who served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1959 to 1967, representing the town of Kent as a Republican.
Personal life
[edit]Evarts was born Katharine Avery Morgan on October 29, 1898, in Westbury, New York, to parents Elizabeth Mary Moran and Edwin D. Morgan III, a prominent businessman and yachtsman. Evarts' paternal great-grandfather was Edwin D. Morgan, the 21st governor of New York.[1][2]
As a child, Evarts attended the Brearley School in Manhattan, where she would later work as a teacher.[1]
Evarts married Jeremiah Maxwell Evarts, the son of lawyer and politician Maxwell Evarts. Together, they owned Juniper Hill Farm in Windsor, Vermont, and had five children.[1][3] On August 20, 1937, the couple divorced,[4] and in 1941, Evarts and her children moved to Kent, Connecticut, where Evarts started her own farm and raised Guernsey dairy cows.[1][5] In 1944, she sold Juniper Hill Farm.[6]
Evarts' daughter Katharine Morgan Evarts married Albert W. Merck, a member of the Merck family, in 1946.[7]
Evarts died on April 19, 2006. She was 107.[1]
Political career
[edit]Evarts was elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1958, and she served four terms representing the town of Kent as a Republican. Evarts left office in 1967 and did not have a successor, as Connecticut's 1965 constitutional convention eliminated the use of town districts and replaced them with numbered, population-based districts.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Katharine Evarts Obituary". The New York Times. Legacy.com. May 7, 2006. Archived from the original on June 1, 2026. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
- ^ "Miss Mary-Evarts is Affianced Here". The New York Times. November 25, 1938. p. 21. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
- ^ "Jeremiah M. Evarts". The New York Times. Section 1. July 13, 1985. p. 27. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "Divorces J. M. Evarts; Former Katharine Morgan Receives Decree in Reno". The New York Times. August 21, 1937. p. 6. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
- ^ "Elizabeth Evarts de Rham, 81, Kent resident's mother". The News-Times. March 12, 2008. Archived from the original on June 1, 2026. Retrieved June 1, 2006.
- ^ "Everybody's Business". The Rutland Daily Herald. Rutland, Vermont. Newspapers.com. April 29, 1944. p. 6. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
- ^ "Katharine Evarts wed in Kent, Conn". The New York Times. December 22, 1946. p. 38. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
- ^ "City/Town of Kent Historical Election Results". electionhistory.ct.gov. Connecticut Office of the Secretary of the State. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
- ^ Proto, Jennifer (January 28, 2021). "Legal Challenges to Connecticut Redistricting Plans" (PDF). cga.ct.gov. Connecticut General Assembly. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 12, 2026. Retrieved May 17, 2026.
- 1898 births
- 2006 deaths
- American women centenarians
- Women state legislators in Connecticut
- 20th-century American women politicians
- 20th-century members of the Connecticut General Assembly
- Republican Party members of the Connecticut House of Representatives
- Brearley School alumni
- People from Long Island
- People from Kent, Connecticut