William Graham Everson (July 1, 1879 – September 13, 1954) was a major general in the United States Army who served as Chief of the National Guard Bureau.

[1][2] Everson received his ordination as a Baptist minister in 1901, and was the pastor of churches in Boston, Indianapolis, Louisville, Cincinnati and Muncie.

[3] In 1903 Everson graduated from Franklin College, and in 1905 he was commissioned in the Indiana National Guard as a first lieutenant in the Chaplain Corps.

[10] The awards and decorations Everson received for his World War I service included: War Merit Cross (Italy); Italian Sanctus Georgius (Saint George), Silver (for valor); Fatiche di Guerra (Italy) (for soldiers who served in the war zone for one year or more); Duca D'Aosta Medal (Italy) (for soldiers who served in or with the Italian Third Army); and the Star and Crown of Fiume (for defense of the Free State of Fiume).

During World War II, he was chairman of the Oregon Enemy Alien Hearing Board, which conducted hearings for non-citizen Japanese residents of Oregon who were detained as possible security risks and made determinations as to whether their detainments should continue.