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Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the 14th and 19th U.S. secretary of state under presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore.

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14th and 19th United States Secretary of State (1782–1852)

Born 18 Jan 1782
Died 24 Oct 1852

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  • Cover of: Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster: on the Sub-treasury Bill.
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    First published in 1814 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: The papers of Daniel Webster
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  • Cover of: Mr. Webster's vindication of the Treaty of Washington of 1842: in a speech delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 6th and 7th of April, 1846.
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  • Cover of: The speeches of Daniel Webster, and his masterpieces

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  • Cover of: The life, eulogy, and great orations of Daniel Webster.
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  • Cover of: The speeches of Daniel Webster
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  • Cover of: Mr. Webster's speeches at Buffalo, Syracuse, and Albany, May, 1851.
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  • Cover of: The private correspondence of Daniel Webster
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  • Cover of: speeches and orations of Daniel Webster: with an essay on Daniel Webster as a master of English style
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  • Cover of: A discourse, delivered at Plymouth, December 22, 1820. In commemoration of the first settlement of New-England. ...
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  • Cover of: Mr. Webster's second speech on the Sub-treasury bill
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  • Cover of: Speech of Daniel Webster, in reply to Mr. Hayne, of South Carolina: the resolution offered by Mr. Foot, of Connecticut, relative to the public lands, being under consideration : delivered in the Senate, January 26, 1830

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14th and 19th United States Secretary of State (1782–1852)

Born 18 Jan 1782
Died 24 Oct 1852

Subjects

Politics and government, Speeches in Congress, History, Slavery, Compromise of 1850, Tariff, Bank of the United States (1816-1836), Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775, United States, Foot's resolution, 1829, Nullification (States' rights), Currency question, Independent treasury, Bunker Hill Monument (Boston, Mass.), Recruiting, enlistment, Speeches, addresses, etc., American, Controversial literature, Nullification, Public Finance, Public lands, States' rights (American politics), United States. Army, Banks and banking, Correspondence, Foreign relations

Places

United States, Massachusetts, Boston, Greece, Latin America, New Hampshire, Washington (D.C.), New England, Oregon, États-Unis, 19th century, Alabama, Arkansas, Boston (Mass.), Canada, Cape Cod (Mass.), Christian education, Florida, France, Fryeburg (Me.), Missouri, Northeast boundary of the United States, Northwest boundary of the United States, Oregon Territory, Panama

People

Daniel Webster (1782-1852), John Adams (1735-1826), Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Robert Young Hayne (1791-1839), John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), George Washington (1732-1799), Henry Clay (1777-1852), Stephen Girard (1750-1831), Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Alfred Tennyson Tennyson Baron (1809-1892), Ephraim Simonds (1775-1801), James Buchanan (1791-1868), Joseph Story (1779-1845), Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), Oliver Goldsmith (1730?-1774), Abbott Lawrence (1792-1855), Alexander Baring Ashburton Baron (1774-1848), Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848), Andrew Stevenson (1784-1857), Charles Archer, Charles Fraser Sibbald, Charles Goodyear (1800-1860), Charles Pelham Curtis (1792-1864), Daniel D. Barnard (1797-1861)

Time

1815-1861, 1829-1837, 1841-1845, 1849-1853, 1801-1861, 1845-1849, War of 1812, Revolution, 1775-1783, 1801-1809, 19th century, War of Independence, 1821-1829, 1775-1783, 1775-1865, 1812-1815, 1817-1825, 1824, 1838, To 1859, 1783-1815, 1783-1865, 1801-1815, 1809-1817, 1809-1861, 1836, 1837-1841

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Alternative names

  • Webster, Daniel

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March 10, 2025 Edited by dcapillae expand
March 10, 2025 Edited by dcapillae Added new photo
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ids
January 29, 2016 Edited by Tom Morris Normal name order
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import