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  Webster, Daniel
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NameDaniel Webster
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Marshfield, Massachusetts , United States
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Born January 18, 1782
DiedOctober 24, 1852 (70 years)
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InfoDaniel Webster, b. Salisbury, N.H., Jan. 18, 1782, d. Oct. 24, 1852, statesman, lawyer, and orator, was his era's foremost advocate of American nationalism. A farmer's son, he graduated from Dartmouth College in 1801. After a legal apprenticeship, Webster opened a legal practice in Portsmouth, N.H., in 1807.

US House (F-NH) 1813-11817

Relocated to Boston

In his legal career, Webster won major constitutional cases before the Supreme Court (most notably, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE V. WOODWARD, GIBBONS V. OGDEN, and MCCULLOCH V. MARYLAND), establishing himself as the nation's leading lawyer and an outstanding orator.

US House (F,NR-MA) 1823-1827

New circumstances enabled Webster to become a champion of American nationalism. With the Federalist party dead, he joined the National Republican party, allying himself with Westerner Henry CLAY and endorsing federal aid for roads in the West. In 1828, the dominant economic interests of Massachusetts having shifted from shipping to manufacturing, Webster backed the high-tariff bill of that year. Angry Southern leaders condemned the tariff, and South Carolina's John C. CALHOUN argued that his state had the right to nullify the law. Replying to South Carolina's Robert HAYNE in a Senate debate in 1830, Webster triumphantly defended the Union. His words "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!" won wide acclaim.

Webster and President Andrew Jackson joined forces in 1833 to suppress South Carolina's attempt to nullify the tariff. But Webster and other opponents of Jackson--now known as Whigs --battled him on other issues, including his attack on the National Bank. Webster ran for the presidency in 1836 as one of three Whig party candidates but carried only Massachusetts. For the remainder of his career he aspired vainly to the presidency.

In 1841, President William Henry Harrison named Webster secretary of state. The death of Harrison (April 1841) brought John Tyler to the presidency, and in September 1841 all the Whigs but Webster resigned from the cabinet. Webster remained to settle a dispute with Great Britain involving the Maine-Canada boundary and successfully concluded the WEBSTER-ASHBURTON TREATY (1842). Whig pressure finally induced Webster to leave the cabinet in May 1843.

The annexation of Texas in 1845 and the resulting war with Mexico, both opposed by Webster, forced the country to face the issue of the expansion of slavery. Webster opposed such expansion but feared even more a dissolution of the Union over the dispute. In a powerful speech before the Senate on Mar. 7, 1850, he supported the COMPROMISE OF 1850, denouncing Southern threats of secession but urging Northern support for a stronger law for the recovery of fugitive slaves.

US Secretary of State 1850-1852. He supervised the strict enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act. Webster's stand alienated antislavery forces and divided the Whig party, but it helped to preserve the Union.

First Appeared on a United States Postage Stamp in 1870.
Vote totals for elections in which was nominated for the Hall of Fame for Great Americans (1900-1965): 1900-96.

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  12/01/1852 US President Lost 0.00% (-85.81%)
  11/02/1852 NC US President Lost 0.00% (-50.43%)
  11/02/1852 GA US President Lost 8.50% (-46.95%)
  11/02/1852 NY US President Lost 0.08% (-50.05%)
  11/02/1852 MA US President Lost 1.30% (-39.73%)
  11/02/1852 TX US President Lost 0.05% (-73.41%)
  11/02/1852 US President National Vote Lost 0.22% (-50.62%)
  10/27/1852 US President - Native American Party Lost 87.10% (+87.10%)
  08/07/1852 US President - Union Party Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  06/20/1852 US President - W Convention Lost 9.73% (-38.60%)
  07/22/1850 US Secretary of State Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  06/09/1848 US President - W Convention Lost 6.13% (-41.50%)
  11/01/1844 MA US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  03/05/1841 US Secretary of State Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/01/1839 MA US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  12/07/1836 US President Lost 4.76% (-53.06%)
  11/23/1836 US President National Vote Lost 2.74% (-48.09%)
  11/14/1836 MA US President Won 54.33% (+8.71%)
  08/01/1836 US President - W Nominees Won 25.00% (+0.00%)
  05/04/1836 US President - AM Convention Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
  02/24/1836 VT US President - AM Convention Lost 13.14% (-46.29%)
  12/17/1835 PA US President - AM Convention Lost 23.97% (-49.59%)
  01/01/1833 MA US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  06/08/1827 MA US Senate Special Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/06/1826 MA District 1 (Suffolk) Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/01/1824 MA District 1 (Suffolk) Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/04/1822 MA District 1 (Suffolk) Won 62.88% (+25.77%)
  08/29/1814 NH At-Large Won 8.71% (-0.00%)
  08/31/1812 NH At-Large Won 8.97% (+0.00%)
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MA US President - Nov 02, 1852 D Franklin Pierce
US Vice President - Senate Runoff - Feb 08, 1837 W Francis Granger