Question: Of what state was New England Art Union board member Edward Everett governor?

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Edward Everett Square: Edward Everett Square, in Dorchester, Boston, is an intersection of Columbia Road, Massachusetts Avenue, East Cottage Street and Boston Street, that was named in 1894 after a former Governor of Massachusetts, Edward Everett.  In 1995 efforts were undertaken by the local community to redevelop the square, with major milestones being completed in 2007.  On June 16 2007, Mayor Thomas M. Menino dedicated the new square marking the completion of the current phase of the project.  The centerpiece of the project, a giant Clapp pear, now sits at the corner of East Cottage Street and Columbia Road.

Jerry Singson: Jeremias “Jerry” C. Singson (born September 15, 1948) is the incumbent Vice Governor of Ilocos Sur.  He was also considered as “Father of Day Care Center and Medical Mission” for his strong advocacy for child-friendly day care centers and series of medical missions throughout the province of Ilocos Sur.  He served as Vigan Vice Mayor in 1988-1995, Senior Provincial Board Member in 1995-1998, Board Member in 1998-2001, Vice Governor in 2001-2004, Board Member in 2004-2007, and as second-time Vice Governor in 2007-2010.

Hale House (South Kingstown, Rhode Island): The Edward Everett Hale House (New Sybaris; The Red House) is a historic house at 2625A Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry Highway in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.  It was commissioned in 1873 by businessman and historian William B. Weeden and designed by architects C. Maxson & Company of Westerly.  William Weeden build the house for Edward Everett Hale as a summer home for Hale and his family of artists for several decades from the 1870s to the 1910s.  The house and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

John W. A. Scott: John White Allen Scott (1815-1907) or John W.A. Scott was an artist in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century.  He worked for Pendleton's Lithography early in his career.  In the 1840s he started a lithography business in partnership with Fitz Hugh Lane ("Lane & Scott's Lithography").  Around 1852 he kept a studio in Boston's Tremont Temple.  Scott's work sold well; for instance in 1855 he "sold more than 50 landscapes at auction."  He belonged to the New England Art Union and the Boston Art Club.

Edward Everett: Edward Everett (April 11, 1794 – January 15, 1865) was an American politician, pastor, educator, diplomat, and orator from Massachusetts.  Everett, a Whig, served as U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, the 15th Governor of Massachusetts, Minister to Great Britain, and United States Secretary of State.  He also taught at Harvard University and served as its president.

John Pope (artist): John Pope (1821–1880) was an artist in Boston, Massachusetts, and New York in the 19th century.  He painted portraits of W.H. Prescott, Daniel Webster and others.  He belonged to the Boston Artists' Association; and exhibited with the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association (1844) and the New England Art Union (1852).  Pope kept a studio in Boston's Tremont Temple; around 1857 he moved to New York.  He died of illness in New York in 1880.  According to one report: "Just before dying he called for his paint brush, and died holding it in his hand."

New England Art Union: The New England Art Union (c. 1848 – 1852) was established in Boston, Massachusetts, for "the encouragement of artists, the promotion of art" in New England and the wider United States.  Edward Everett, Franklin Dexter, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow served as officers of the board.  The short-lived but lively union ran a public gallery on Tremont Street, and published a journal.  Artists affiliated with the union included Chester Harding, Fitz Henry Lane, Alvan Fisher, and other American artists of the mid-19th century.

John Amory Codman: John Amory Codman (1824-1886) was an artist in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century.  He was affiliated with the New England Art Union, and kept a studio in Amory Hall in the 1850s.

Samuel Lancaster Gerry: Samuel Lancaster Gerry (1813–1891) was an artist in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts.  He painted portraits and also landscapes of the White Mountains and other locales in New England.  He was affiliated with the New England Art Union, and the Boston Artists' Association.  In 1857 he co-founded the Boston Art Club.

Mount Everett: Mount Everett at 2,602 ft - or 793.1 m - is the highest peak in the south Taconic Mountains of Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York.  The mountain is known for its expansive views of the southern Taconics and Berkshires; for its old growth pitch pine and scrub oak; for the Appalachian Trail's north-south traverse of its shoulders and summit grounds, and for its rare plant and animal communities.  The mountain is named after a 19th-century governor of Massachusetts, Edward Everett.  The name was proposed in 1841 by Edward Hitchcock, geologist to the state, in his "Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts."  Hitchcock wrote that at the time of his proposal, the mountain was known as Bald Mountain or Ball Mountain.  Some old maps at the Sheffield Historical Society also label the mountain as "The Dome".

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Answer: Massachusetts