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{{Short description|American politician (1915–1969)}}
{{about|the U.S. congressman from Tennessee|the U.S. congressman from Alabama|Terry Everett| other people of the same name|Robert Everett (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name         = Robert Ashton "Fats" Everett
| image        = Robert Ashton Everett.jpg
| state        = [[Tennessee]]
| district     = [[Tennessee's 8th congressional district|8th]]
| term_start   = February 1, 1958
| term_end     = January 26, 1969
| preceded     = [[Jere Cooper]]
| succeeded    = [[Ed Jones (Tennessee politician)|Ed Jones]]
| birth_date   = {{birth date text|February 24, 1915}}
| death_date   = {{death-date and age|January 26, 1969|February 24, 1915}}
| birth_place  = [[Obion County, Tennessee]], U.S.
| death_place  = [[Nashville, Tennessee]], U.S.
| spouse       = 
| profession   = Attorney
| party        = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| alma_mater   = [[Murray State University]]
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| allegiance   = {{flagicon|United States|1912}} United States
| branch       = [[United States Army]]
| serviceyears = 1942–1945
| rank         = 
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| commands     = 
| battles      = [[World War II]]
| awards       = 
}}
'''Robert Ashton "Fats" Everett''' (February 24, 1915 – January 26, 1969) was an American [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[United States House of Representatives|congressman]] from [[Tennessee]] from February 1, 1958, until his death in 1969.

==Biography==
Everett was a native of [[Obion County, Tennessee]], being born on a farm near [[Union City, Tennessee|Union City]]. He was a 1936 graduate of Murray State College (now [[Murray State University]]), in [[Murray, Kentucky]].

==Career==
Elected to the Obion County Court (now called County Commission) in 1936, Everett was then elected, in 1938 as Obion County Circuit Court Clerk.  During [[World War II]], he served in the [[United States Army]] from 1942 to 1945.  After the war he was an administrative assistant to [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Tom Stewart (politician)|Tom Stewart]] from 1945 to 1949, and to [[Governor of Tennessee|Governor]] [[Gordon Browning]] from 1950 to 1952.  Afterwards, he became executive secretary of the Tennessee County Services Association.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fats Everett|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000266|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=15 May 2013}}</ref>

In 1958, Everett entered the contest for the Eighth Congressional District seat of [[Jere Cooper]], who had died in office.  He won the [[special election]] and served the balance of Cooper's term and five subsequent terms, serving from February 1, 1958, until his death in the first month of his seventh term.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fats Everett|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/robert_everett/403946|publisher=Govtrack US Congress|access-date=15 May 2013}}</ref>  Like the voters of his district, he was predominantly a [[conservatism|conservative]], largely reflecting the views of his party's [[Southern United States|Southern]] wing.

==Death==
Everett died of pneumonia and flu complications at Veterans Hospital in [[Nashville, Tennessee]] on January 26, 1969.<ref>Rep. Everett Dies after Flu Attack; Kingsport Times; Kingsport, Tennessee; Page 1; January 27, 1969</ref>  He is [[burial|interred]] at East View Cemetery in Union City.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fats Everett|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/everett.html|publisher=The Political Graveyard|access-date=15 May 2013}}</ref> There is a statue of him at the [[Obion County Courthouse]] in Union City, Tennessee.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fats Everett|date=30 January 2012 |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/bamaboy1941/6871285893/in/photostream/|publisher=flickr.com|access-date=15 May 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1950–1999)]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{CongBio|E000266}}
*{{Find a Grave|7646027}}

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