Daniel Webster
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| 14th and 19th United States Secretary of State | |
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In office March 6, 1841 – May 8, 1843 |
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| President |
William H. Harrison John Tyler |
| Preceded by | John Forsyth |
| Succeeded by | Abel P. Upshur |
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In office July 23, 1850 – October 24, 1852 |
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| President | Millard Fillmore |
| Preceded by | John M. Clayton |
| Succeeded by | Edward Everett |
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United States Senator from Massachusetts |
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In office June 8, 1827 – February 22, 1841 |
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| Preceded by | Elijah H. Mills |
| Succeeded by | Rufus Choate |
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In office March 4, 1845 – July 22, 1850 |
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| Preceded by | Rufus Choate |
| Succeeded by | Robert Charles Winthrop |
| Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance | |
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In office December 2, 1833 – December 5, 1836 |
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| Preceded by | Samuel Smith |
| Succeeded by | Silas Wright |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 1st district |
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In office March 4, 1823 – May 30, 1827 |
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| Preceded by | Benjamin Gorham |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Gorham |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's At-large district |
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In office March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 |
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| Preceded by | George Sullivan |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Livermore |
| Personal details | |
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January 18, 1782 Salisbury, New Hampshire |
| Died | October 24, 1852 (aged 70) Marshfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Whig Party (1833–1852) |
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Federalist Party (before 1828) National Republican Party (1828–1833) |
| Spouse(s) | Grace Fletcher Caroline LeRoy Webster |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Disputed |
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Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American politician who twice served in the United States House of Representatives, representing New Hampshire (1813–1817) and Massachusetts (1823–1827), served as a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1827–1841 and 1845–1850) and was twice the United States Secretary of State, under Presidents William Henry Harrison and John Tyler (1841–1843) and Millard Fillmore (1850–1852). He and James G. Blaine were the only two people to serve as Secretary of State under three presidents. Webster also sought the Whig Party nomination for President three times: in 1836, 1840 and 1852.
Born in Salisbury, New Hampshire, Webster was one of the most highly-regarded courtroom lawyers of the era and shaped several key U.S. Supreme Court cases that established important constitutional precedents that bolstered the authority of the federal government. As a diplomat he is best known for negotiating the Webster–Ashburton Treaty of 1842 with Great Britain; it established the border between the United States and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains. Webster entered politics during the era of the Second Party System, which was the political system in the United States from about 1828 to 1854, characterized by rapidly increasing voter interest and personal loyalty to parties. Webster was an outstanding spokesman for American nationalism with powerful oratory that made him a key Whig leader. He spoke for conservatives and led the opposition to Democrat Andrew Jackson and his Democratic Party. He was a spokesman for modernization, banking, and industry, but not for the common people who composed the base of his opponents in Jacksonian democracy. "He was a thoroughgoing elitist, and he reveled in it," says biographer Robert Remini.
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