Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster was an American lawyer and politician who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the United States Congress and served as the 14th and 19th Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. Webster was one of the most distinguished lawyers in the United States in the 19th century and tried more than 200 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court during his career. Webster was a member of the Federalist Party, the National Republican Party, and the Whig Party. He, Henry Clay and John Calhoun were known as the "Big Three".