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Webster, Daniel

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
1782–1852, American statesman, lawyer, and orator, b. Salisbury (now in Franklin), N.H. He graduated (1801) from Dartmouth College, studied law, and, after an interval as a schoolmaster, was admitted (1805) to the bar. Webster practiced law at Boscawen and Portsmouth, N.H., and rapidly gravitated toward politics. As a Federalist and a defender of the New England shipping interests, he sat (1813–17) in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he opposed James Madison 's administration, although he did not join forces with members of the Hartford Convention . In 1816 he transferred his residence to Boston. Before he was returned (1822) to the House, Webster won fame as a lawyer, defending (1819) his alma mater in the Dartmouth College Case and the Bank of the United States in McCulloch v. Maryland . Again in Congress (1823–27), Webster began to gain repute as one of the greatest orators of his time; his brilliant speeches in the House were matched by his eloquent public addresses—notably…
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From The Great American History Fact-Finder
Lawyer, politician, and statesman. Webster was one of the foremost advocates of a strong national government, earning him the title, “Defender of the Constitution.” A brilliant orator, he is remembered for his part in the Webster-Hayne Debates (1830) over states' rights and for his speech to the…
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Full text Article WEBSTER, DANIEL (1782-1852)

From The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of the American Enlightenment
One hundred and seven years after his death, Daniel Webster, the ninth of ten children born to Revolutionary War Patriot Ebenezer Webster and Abigail Eastman Webster, was one of five US senators inducted into a senatorial hall of fame for “acts of statesmanship transcending party” and for his…
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From Encyclopedia of Cuban-United States Relations
Webster was a renowned lawyer, congressman, and senator from the state of Maine before serving as secretary of state from 1841 to 1843 and again from 1850 to 1852. As a congressman in 1826, Webster favored sending a delegation to the Panama Congress. Webster contended that participation in the…
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US lawyer and statesman, one of the greatest of US orators. As Secretary of State (1840-3) he negotiated the Webster-Ashburton treaty with Great Britain. A supporter of free trade, nationality and established institutions, he was unwilling to break the Union to abolish slavery. [Alexander Hamilton] …
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Full text Article Webster, Daniel (1782 to 1852)

From Chambers Dictionary of World History
US lawyer and statesman. He was called to the Bar in 1805, and served in the House of Representatives (1813–17). Settling in Boston as an advocate in 1816, he distinguished himself before the US Supreme Court in the Dartmouth College case (1818) and McCulloch v Maryland (1819), and as an orator…
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Full text Article Daniel Webster 1782–1852

From The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
American politician. On Webster: see smith It is, Sir, as I have said, a small college. And yet there are those who love it! argument in the case of the Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 10 March 1818 The principle of free governments adheres to the American soil. It is bedded in it, …
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Full text Article DEMOCRACY

From Collins Dictionary of Quotations
Democracy means government by discussion but it is only effective if you can stop people talking. [Speech, 1957] The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone. BEVERIDGE, William Henry The Observer , 1934. Many forms of…
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