Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire, on January 18, 1782. Daniel was delicate, but a brilliant child, his family realized this, and made great expense to put Daniel and his brother Ezekiel through school. After graduating from Dartmouth College, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in Boston in 1805. Daniel Webster, was a well known public speaker and major constitutional lawyer; he was a major congressional representative for the Northern Whigs during his twenty years he served in the U.S. Senate. He became famous as orator for his speeches supporting the Union and opposing the nullification movement and its supporters. Daniel was one of the greatest orators and debaters of his time, he fought congress, and fought for what he believed in, from the beginning of his career, and till the very end, whether he succeeded, failed, or if made a mistake he redeemed himself. After the French and Indian War, Ebenezer Webster wanted to return to his native town, get married and live off the land in Salisbury, New Hampshire. After settling there for ten years, in 1774, his first spouse Mehetable Smith died, but gave him five children in the span of those years. He then married another woman by the name of Abigail Eastman, she also gave birth to five children. The fourth child of Abigail, Daniel, born on January 18, 1782; as an infant he looked unhealthy and delicate, they weren’t sure if he was going to live. The family lived on a farm and at an early age they did manual labor. He was very fragile so he had an exception that he didn’t have to work as hard as his other siblings. He got to spend more time exploring and learning about the ways of nature; he broadened his knowledge by devoting himself to learning new things. Daniel learned a good amount of knowledge from reading newspapers; the articles that were in the newspaper would usually be about political gossip. Another source of learning information was found from reading
Daniel Webster was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire, on January 18, 1782. Daniel was delicate, but a brilliant child, his family realized this, and made great expense to put Daniel and his brother Ezekiel through school. After graduating from Dartmouth College, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in Boston in 1805. Daniel Webster, was a well known public speaker and major constitutional lawyer; he was a major congressional representative for the Northern Whigs during his twenty years he served in the U.S. Senate. He became famous as orator for his speeches supporting the Union and opposing the nullification movement and its supporters. Daniel was one of the greatest orators and debaters of his time, he fought congress, and fought for what he believed in, from the beginning of his career, and till the very end, whether he succeeded, failed, or if made a mistake he redeemed himself. After the French and Indian War, Ebenezer Webster wanted to return to his native town, get married and live off the land in Salisbury, New Hampshire. After settling there for ten years, in 1774, his first spouse Mehetable Smith died, but gave him five children in the span of those years. He then married another woman by the name of Abigail Eastman, she also gave birth to five children. The fourth child of Abigail, Daniel, born on January 18, 1782; as an infant he looked unhealthy and delicate, they weren’t sure if he was going to live. The family lived on a farm and at an early age they did manual labor. He was very fragile so he had an exception that he didn’t have to work as hard as his other siblings. He got to spend more time exploring and learning about the ways of nature; he broadened his knowledge by devoting himself to learning new things. Daniel learned a good amount of knowledge from reading newspapers; the articles that were in the newspaper would usually be about political gossip. Another source of learning information was found from reading