Katharine Evarts

Katharine Evarts
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Kent
In office
1959–1967
Preceded byFrancis C. Cady
Succeeded bySeat eliminated
Personal details
BornKatharine Avery Morgan
(1898-10-29)October 29, 1898
Westbury, New York, U.S.
DiedApril 19, 2006(2006-04-19) (aged 107)
PartyRepublican
Spouse
Jeremiah Maxwell Evarts
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(divorced)​
Children5
Parent(s)Elizabeth Mary Moran
Edwin D. Morgan III (1854–1933)
RelativesEdwin D. Morgan (great-grandfather)

Katharine Avery Evarts (née Morgan; 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

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]

Political career

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]

Death

Evarts died on April 19, 2006. She was 107.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Katharine Evarts Obituary". The New York Times. Legacy.com. May 7, 2006. Archived from the original on June 1, 2026. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Miss Mary-Evarts is Affianced Here". The New York Times. November 25, 1938. p. 21. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Jeremiah M. Evarts". The New York Times. Section 1. July 13, 1985. p. 27. Retrieved June 1, 2026.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. ↑ "Divorces J. M. Evarts; Former Katharine Morgan Receives Decree in Reno". The New York Times. August 21, 1937. p. 6. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Everybody's Business". The Rutland Daily Herald. Rutland, Vermont. Newspapers.com. April 29, 1944. p. 6. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Katharine Evarts wed in Kent, Conn". The New York Times. December 22, 1946. p. 38. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
  8. ↑ "City/Town of Kent Historical Election Results". electionhistory.ct.gov. Connecticut Office of the Secretary of the State. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
  9. ↑ 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.
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