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Daniel Webster
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Key facts
- President
- Millard Fillmore
- Preceded by
- John M. Clayton
- Succeeded by
- Edward Everett
- Constituency
- Massachusetts 1st
- Born
- ( 1782-01-18 ) January 18, 1782, Salisbury, New Hampshire , U.S.
- Died
- October 24, 1852 (1852-10-24) (aged 70), Marshfield, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Party
- Whig
- Other political affiliations
- Federalist (before 1825) National Republican (1825–1833)
- Spouses
- Grace Fletcher ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. May 24, 1808</span>"}]]}'>1808 ; died January 21, 1828</span>"}]]}'>1828 ) Caroline LeRoy Webster ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. December 1829</span>"}]]}'>1829 )
- Children
- 5, including Fletcher
- Parent
- Ebenezer Webster
- Education
- Dartmouth College
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Daniel
- Family name
- Webster
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Salisbury
- Place of death
- Marshfield
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- United States Secretary of State
- Educated at
- Dartmouth College
- Political party
- Whig Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Unitarianism
- Image
- DanielWebster.jpg
- Work location
- Washington, D.C.
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- date of birth
- 1782-01-18
- name in native language
- Daniel Webster
- cause of death
- liver cirrhosis
- member of
- Academy of Sciences of Turin
- manner of death
- natural causes
- medical condition
- asthma
- writing language
- English language
- date of death
- 1852-10-25
- Commons Creator page
- Daniel Webster
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Works in European collections
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Encyclopedic overview
Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer, statesman, and diplomat 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. Webster was one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, arguing over 200 cases before the United States Supreme Court in his career. During his life, Webster had been a member of the Federalist Party, the National Republican Party, and the Whig Party. He was among the three members of the Great Triumvirate along with Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun.
Born in Salisbury, New Hampshire, in 1782, Webster established a successful legal practice in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, after graduating from Dartmouth College and serving a legal apprenticeship. A prominent opponent of the War of 1812, he won election to the United States House of Representatives, where he served as a leader of the Federalist Party. Webster left office after two terms and moved to Boston, Massachusetts. He became a leading attorney before the U.S. Supreme Court, winning cases such as Dartmouth College v. Woodward, McCulloch v. Maryland, and Gibbons v. Ogden.
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