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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 2,655,970 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Daniel Webster is the 12,654th most popular politician (down from 11,103rd in 2019), the 5,569th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,826th in 2019) and the 347th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Daniel Webster ranks 12,654 out of 15,577Before him are Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Elephenor, King Dao of Zhou, Manius Aquillius, Ashur-resh-ishi II, and Boniface Alexandre. After him are Joaquín Mosquera, Åsta Gudbrandsdatter, Edwin Linkomies, Putra of Perlis, Hrvoje Šarinić, and Laodice V.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1782, Daniel Webster ranks 37Before him are Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, Pōmare II, Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer, Georgios Kountouriotis, Julius Vincenz von Krombholz, and Georg August Goldfuss. After him are Steen Steensen Blicher, Marie-Anne Libert, Nicolaus Michael Oppel, Lewis Cass, Charles James Napier, and Thomas Hart Benton. Among people deceased in 1852, Daniel Webster ranks 48Before him are James Pradier, Pavel Fedotov, Margaret Taylor, Princess Ida of Saxe-Meiningen, Carlos María de Alvear, and Achille Richard. After him are Rose Philippine Duchesne, Wilhelm Hisinger, José Ballivián, Charles Athanase Walckenaer, František Čelakovský, and Francisco Javier Echeverría.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Daniel Webster ranks 5,569 out of 18,182Before him are Lee Meriwether (1935), Ancel Keys (1904), Stan Kenton (1911), Will Rogers (1879), Tony Accardo (1906), and Ray Allen (1975). After him are Zane Grey (1872), Robert Towne (1934), Wendell Willkie (1892), George Calnan (1900), Paul Theroux (1941), and Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Daniel Webster ranks 347Before him are Chuck Hagel (1946), Helen Herron Taft (1861), Ida Saxton McKinley (1847), William B. Travis (1809), Henry Knox (1750), and Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737). After him are Stephen A. Douglas (1813), Joseph Brant (1742), Joshua Chamberlain (1828), David Dinkins (1927), Edward Livingston (1764), and Janet Reno (1938).