Person Record

Metadata

Name

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

Born

Jan. 18, 1782

Birthplace

Salisbury (now Franklin, N.H.)

Deceased

Oct. 24, 1852

Deceased where

Marshfield, Mass.

Places of residence

Boscawen, N.H. - first practiced law, after passing the bar.
Portsmouth, N.H. - 1807.
Boston, Mass. - after 1816.

Occupation

Lawyer and orator, specializing in constitutional law.
Teacher - Fryeburg Academy, Me.
U.S. Rep. for N.H., 1813-1817.
U.S. Rep. for Mass., 1823-1827.
U.S. Senator for Mass., 1827-1841 & 1845-1850.
Secretary of State for Harrison, 1841-1843.
Secretary of State for Fillmore, 1850-1852.

Father

Ebenezer Webster.

Mother

Abigail Eastman.

Spouse

1. Grace Fletcher, b. Jan. 16, 1781, d. Jan. 24, 1828, m. 1808., 2. Caroline LeR

Children

with Grace:
1. Grace Fletcher Webster, b. Apr. 29, 1810 in Portsmouth, N.H., d. Jan. 23, 1817 in Boston, Mass.
2. Daniel Fletcher Webster, b. Jul. 23, 1813 in Portsmouth, N.H., d. Aug. 30, 1862 in Manassas, Va. (killed in action), m. Nov. 27, 1837 to Caroline Story White (1811-1886), daughter of Stephen White and Harriet Story.
3. Julia Webster, b. Jan. 16, 1818 in Boston, Mass., d. Apr. 28, 1848 in Boston, Mass., m. Sept. 24, 1839 in Loudon, N.H. to Samuel Appleton (1811-1861), son of Eben Appleton and Sarah Patterson.
4. Edward Webster, b. Jul. 20, 1820 in Boston, Mass., d. Jan. 23, 1848 in Marshfield, Mass.
5. Charles Webster, b. Dec. 31, 1821 in Boston, Mass., d. Dec. 19, 1824 in Boston, Mass.

Education

Phillips Exeter
Dartmouth College grad of 1801.

Notes

223 cases argued before the U.S. Supreme Court including:
Dartmouth College v. Woodward; Gibbons v. Ogden; McCulloch v. Maryland; Cohens v. Virginia

Relationships

Apprenticed to lawyer Thomas W. Thompson.
Clerked for Christopher Gore, of Boston, Mass. in 1804.
Spouses: 1. Grace Fletcher, b. Jan. 16, 1781, d. Jan. 24, 1828, m. 1808.
2. Caroline LeRoy, b. Sept. 28, 1797, d. Feb. 26, 1882, m. Dec. 1829