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

Born 18 Jan 1782
Died 24 Oct 1852

Subjects

Politics and government, History, Speeches in Congress, Compromise of 1850, Slavery, Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775, United States, Bank of the United States (1816-1836), Bunker Hill Monument (Boston, Mass.), Correspondence, Foot's resolution, 1829, Public lands, Recruiting, enlistment, Sources, Speeches, addresses, etc., American, Biography, Controversial literature, Currency question, Legislators, Nullification (States' rights), Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony), United States. Army, Central Banks and banking, Congress of Panama (1826), Independent treasury

Places

United States, Boston, Massachusetts, New England, Cape Cod (Mass.), Florida, Greece, Latin America, New Hampshire, Northeast boundary of the United States, Oregon, Rhode Island, États-Unis

People

Daniel Webster (1782-1852), George Washington (1732-1799), John Adams (1735-1826), Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Alfred Tennyson Tennyson Baron (1809-1892), Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), Oliver Goldsmith (1730?-1774), Robert Young Hayne (1791-1839), Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), Charles Fraser Sibbald, Charles Goodyear (1800-1860), Edwin Percy Whipple (1819-1886), Ezekiel Webster (1780-1829), Henry Clay (1777-1852), Horace H. Day (1813-1878), James Buchanan (1791-1868), Joseph Story (1779-1845), Luther M. Borden, Martin Luther, Stephen Girard (1750-1831)

Time

1815-1861, 1829-1837, 1841-1845, 1849-1853, Revolution, 1775-1783, War of 1812, 1775-1783, 1775-1865, 1783-1815, 1783-1865, 1801-1809, 1809-1817, 1812-1815, 1817-1825, 1824, 1845-1849, 1845-1861, 1848, 1850, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, To 1859, War of Independence, 1821-1829, War with Mexico, 1845-1848, Wars of Independence, 180-1830, World War, 1914-1918

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  • Webster, Daniel

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