Daniel Webster

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American politician human lawyer orator statesman

Daniel Webster was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and orator who served as a U.S. senator and secretary of state and became a leading voice for preserving the Union.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
orator ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
appointedBy John Tyler ⓘ
Millard Fillmore ⓘ
William Henry Harrison ⓘ
causeOfDeath cerebral hemorrhage ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1782-01-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1852-10-24 ⓘ
educatedAt Dartmouth College NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer United States Department of State ⓘ
familyName Webster ⓘ
givenName Daniel ⓘ
hasHonor Statue in the United States Capitol ⓘ
knownFor constitutional interpretation favoring strong federal government ⓘ
defense of the Union ⓘ
oratory in the United States Senate ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Federalists ⓘ
surface form: Federalist Party

Whig Party ⓘ
surface form: National Republican Party

Whig Party ⓘ
namesakeOf Daniel Webster College ⓘ
Daniel Webster Highway ⓘ
Daniel Webster Law Office (National Historic Landmark) ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableWork Plymouth Oration ⓘ
Second Reply to Hayne ⓘ
Seventh of March Speech ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
orator ⓘ
politician ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
participantIn Compromise of 1850 ⓘ
surface form: Compromise of 1850 debates

Webster–Ashburton Treaty negotiations ⓘ
placeOfBirth Salisbury, New Hampshire ⓘ
placeOfDeath Marshfield, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld Member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Secretary of State ⓘ
United States Senator ⓘ
religion Congregationalism ⓘ
representedIn United States House of Representatives ⓘ
surface form: United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts

United States House of Representatives ⓘ
surface form: United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire

United States Senator ⓘ
surface form: United States Senate from Massachusetts
residence Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
Marshfield, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Caroline LeRoy Webster NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grace Fletcher Webster ⓘ
workLocation Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Whig Party → hadProminentLeader → Daniel Webster ⓘ
Phillips Exeter Academy → hasAlumni → Daniel Webster ⓘ
Philhellenes → hasNotableMember → Daniel Webster ⓘ
Nullification Crisis → keyFigure → Daniel Webster ⓘ
Missouri Compromise → keyFigureInDebate → Daniel Webster ⓘ
Webster County, Georgia → namedAfter → Daniel Webster ⓘ
Era of Good Feelings → significantFigure → Daniel Webster ⓘ
Aroostook War → significantPerson → Daniel Webster ⓘ
Compromise of 1850 → supportedBy → Daniel Webster ⓘ