Webster (Daniel) is born in Salisbury, New Hampshire

The son of Ebenezer and Abigail (Eastman) Webster, Daniel Webster graduates from Dartmouth College, practices law, marries Grace Fletcher in 1808, and represents New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives (1813-17). He arrives in Boston in 1816, lives initially at 57 Mount Vernon Street, then on High Street near today’s 100 Summer Street from 1825 to 1839. Webster serves in the Massachusetts legislature (1822), U.S. House of Representatives (1823-27) and U.S. Senate (1827-33 and 1845-50). He moves to Marshfield in 1839. The unsuccessful Whig candidate for president in 1836 and 1840, he serves as Secretary of State (1841-1843, 1850-52). The greatest orator of his time, he falls out of favor with many for his support of the Compromise of 1850.* Webster dies in Marshfield on October 24, 1852.