DANIEL WEBSTER BIOGRAPHY
DANIEL WEBSTER BIOGRAPHY from the Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John Cousin.
WEBSTER, DANIEL (1782-1852). —Orator, s. of a farmer in New Hampshire, was a distinguished advocate in Boston, and afterwards a member of the United States Senate and Sec. of State 1841-43 and 1850-52. He was the greatest orator whom America has produced, and has a place in literature by virtue of his pub. speeches.