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Daniel Webster

1782 - 1852

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Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the 14th and 19th U.S. secretary of state under presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. Webster was one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, arguing over 200 cases before the United States Supreme Court in his career. During his life, Webster had been a member of the Federalist Party, the National Republican Party, and the Whig Party. He was among the three members of the Great Triumvirate along with Henry Clay and John C. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Webster has received more than 2,902,003 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Daniel Webster is the 12,703rd most popular politician (down from 12,611th in 2019), the 5,068th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,557th in 2019) and the 330th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Daniel Webster ranks 12,703 out of 19,576Before him are Ludo Martens, Orontes IV, Zotto, Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg, Maxtla, and Ertha Pascal-Trouillot. After him are Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi, Victor Marijnen, Amalafrid, Todor Burmov, and Jules Méline.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1782, Daniel Webster ranks 37Before him are Alexander von Benckendorff, Julie Guicciardi, F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Georg August Goldfuss, Julius Vincenz von Krombholz, and Pōmare II. After him are Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer, Maha Bandula, Angelo Mai, Steen Steensen Blicher, Georgios Kountouriotis, and Nicolaus Michael Oppel. Among people deceased in 1852, Daniel Webster ranks 48Before him are Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén, John Lloyd Stephens, Eugène Burnouf, Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg, Nicolae Bălcescu, and Carlos María de Alvear. After him are James Francis Stephens, Pavel Fedotov, Margaret Taylor, Wilhelm Hisinger, José Ballivián, and Rose Philippine Duchesne.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Daniel Webster ranks 5,068 out of 20,380Before him are Smedley Butler (1881), Joseph Grew (1880), Louis Brandeis (1856), Tony Randall (1920), Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847), and Verne Troyer (1969). After him are Rebecca Romijn (1972), Henry Darrow (1933), Carrie Nation (1846), Richmond K. Turner (1885), Robert E. Sherwood (1896), and Vance D. Brand (1931).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Daniel Webster ranks 330Before him are Daniel Morgan (1736), Eddie Lawson (1958), George Read (1733), Henry Paulson (1946), Edward Stettinius Jr. (1900), and William J. Donovan (1883). After him are Hunter Biden (1970), Brent Scowcroft (1925), Andrew Mellon (1855), Pat Buchanan (1938), Stephen Allen Benson (1816), and Harry Cohn (1891).