This site gives many quotes from Webster's famous writings and speeches.

Providing an overview of the life of Daniel Website, this article focuses on major events and accomplishments, particularly those related to his political career.

This site summarizes the problems of the protective tariffs between the North and the South and provides an account of the Hayne-Webster debate.

An image of Daniel Webster.

Farmhouse where 19th century lawyer, politician, and orator Daniel Webster grew up. It is sometimes confused with the nearby Daniel Webster Birthplace Historic Site.

Lawyer, politician, and orator Daniel Webster (1782-1852) used this 1832 cottage as his office and library. Originally located on his Marshfield estate, it is now on the grounds of the nearby Isaac Winslow House Museum.

An image of Daniel Webster.

Daniel Webster, famed American orator.

A portrait of Daniel Webster, A great statesman during the Antebellum Period of America. (1782-1852)

This excellent site created by Dartmouth College--where Webster attended--gives a thorough overview of Webster's life and work. It includes photos and links to the full text of all of Webster's most famous speeches. It also gives a time...

Contains pictures of the actual pages of the speech written by John C. Calhoun containing his views opposing the Compromise of 1850. Links to Daniel Webster's introductory remarks in favor of the compromise.

(1782-1852) American politician

(1782-1852) American politician

(1782-1852) American politician

A statesman and orator, born in Salisbury, New Hamshire, Jan. 18, 1782; died in Marshfield, Mass., Oct. 24, 1852.

(1782-1852) Influential Whig leader and Secretary of State.

Here you will find the text to many of the speeches written by Daniel Webster. Among the speeches the following are included: "The Dartmouth College Case," "The Bunker Hill Monument," and "The Dignity and Importance of History."

Portrait of Daniel Webster

An extensive online biography of Thomas Jefferson written by Edward S. Ellis. Includes a search index, a large set of questions, special study ideas, and several essays on Jeffersonian topics.

Scroll through this scholarly site from the National Humanities Institute to find information about the Whigs' role in the Compromise of 1850 and the end of its political clout by the election of 1852.

Read about how a Senate committee, headed by John F. Kennedy, chose five senators to be enshrined a senatorial hall of fame. There are links to biographies of the five who were chosen.

Jackson's political opponents, united by little more than a common opposition to him, eventually coalesced into a common party called the Whigs, a British term signifying opposition to Jackson's "monarchial rule." Although they organized...

An extensive biographical profile of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) that surveys his early life, education, and his career beginning with his years as a schoolteacher. Clickable, multipage entry allows students to learn about the other...

The formation of the Second Bank of the United States and its actions were a prelude to the very important Supreme Court decision, McCulloch v. Maryland. Read about the issues that were debated and the unanimous decision handed down by...