Calhoun.īorn in New Hampshire in 1782, Webster established a successful legal practice in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, after graduating from Dartmouth College and undergoing a legal apprenticeship. He was among the three members of the Great Triumvirate alongside Henry Clay and vice president John C. During his life, Webster had been a member of the Federalist Party, the National Republican Party, and the Whig Party. Webster was one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, arguing over 200 cases before the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. Congress and served as the 14th and 19th U.S. Daniel Webster (Janu– October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S.
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