NM Webster, Daniel

Daniel Webster​

Born: January 18, 1782

Birthplace: Salisbury, New Hampshire

Father: Ebenezer Webster 1739 – 1806

(Buried: Webster Place Cemetery, Webster Place, New Hampshire)​

Mother: Abigail Eastman 1739 – 1816

(Buried: Webster Place Cemetery, Webster Place, New Hampshire)​

1st​ Wife: Grace Fletcher 1781 – 1828

(Buried: Old Winslow Burying Ground, Marshfield, Massachusetts)​

2nd​ Wife: Caroline La Roy 1797 – 1882

(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York)​

Children:

Grace Fletcher Webster 1810 – 1817​

(Buried: Old Winslow Burying Ground, Marshfield, Massachusetts)​

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Colonel Fletcher Webster 1813 – 1862​

(Buried: Old Winslow Burying Ground, Marshfield, Massachusetts)​

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Julia Webster Appleton 1818 – 1848​

(Buried: Old Winslow Burying Ground, Marshfield, Massachusetts)​

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Major Edward Webster 1820 – 1848​

(Buried: Old Winslow Burying Ground, Marshfield, Massachusetts)​

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Charles Webster 1821 – 1824​

(Buried: Old Winslow Burying Ground, Marshfield, Massachusetts)​

Political Party: Federalist Party, National Republican, Whig Party

Education:

1801: Graduated from Dartmouth College​

Occupation:

1805 – 1807: Attorney in Boscawen, New Hampshire

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1807 – 1813: Attorney in Portsmouth, New Hampshire​

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1816 – 1819: Counsel for Dartmouth College in U.S. Supreme Court​

Political Party:

1813 – 1817: United States Congressman from New Hampshire​

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1815 – 1817: Member of House Judiciary Committee​

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1816: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress​

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1820: Delegate to Massachusetts State Constitutional Convention​

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1823 – 1827: United States Congressman from Massachusetts​

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1823 – 1827: Chairman of House Judiciary Committee​

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1827 – 1841: United States Senator from Massachusetts​

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1827 – 1829: Member of Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce​

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1833 – 1835: Chairman of Senate Finance Committee​

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1835 – 1841: Member of Senate Finance Committee​

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1841 – 1843: United States Secretary of State​

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1845 – 1850: United States Senator from Massachusetts​

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1845 – 1850: Member of Senate Foreign Relations Committee​

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1847 – 1849: Ranking Member of Senate Finance Committee​

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1850 – 1852: United States Secretary of State​

Died: October 24, 1852

Place of Death: Marshfield, Massachusetts

Cause of Death: Cirrhosis and Subdural Hematoma

Age at time of Death: 70 years old

Burial Place: Old Winslow Burying Ground, Marshfield, Massachusetts

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[ErnieMac]

His son, Colonel Daniel Fletcher Webster (known as Fletcher) was killed at 2nd Manassas on August 30, 1862.

 

[Pollaco]

During the Mexican-American, Webster became the leader of a faction known as the "Cotton Whigs". Northern Whigs who emphasized good relations with the South over anti-slavery policies.He later lost some of his standing in his home state when the Compromise of 1850 (which Webster helped pass) proved unpopular in much of the North.