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Born
Salisbury, NH -
Graduated From Darmouth College
At the Age of 19 -
Principal of an Academy
The Acadamy is not listed, but was in Fryeburg, Maine -
Member of the N.H. Bar
Is an association of New Hamshire lawyers. -
Started a Leagal Practice
Was Located in Portsmouth, N.H. worked witht the shipowners and merchants of the city -
Elected to the House of Representatives
Due to his opposition to the War of 1812 -
Left Congress
This was after two terms -
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Won Major Supreme Court Cases
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE V. WOODWARD, GIBBONS V. OGDEN, and MCCULLOCH V. MARYLAND were the most notable -
TRUSTEES OF DARMOUTH COLLEGE V. WOODWARD
Woodward wanted the school to become a state university. Darmouth won 6-1 -
MCCULLOCH V. MARYLAND
Has to do with the state of Mayland imposing taxes on any banks that weren't chartered through the state. McCulloch refused to pay. McCulloch won 7-0 -
Delegate to Massachusetts State Constitutional Convention
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Returned to Congress from Boston
Represtented Massachusetts for the next five years. Opposed the 1824 tariff, thinking that it would injure the merchent class -
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Served on Congress
Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Chairman on the Eighteenth and Nineteenth (Committee on the Judiciary) -
Elected Sentor from Massachusets
famous reversals and embraced the need for a tariff. -
Addresses on the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
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Served on Senate
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Elected to Senate
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Backed High Teriff Bill
The High Tariff Bill is a bill that made the South buy manufactured goods from the North. Led to the nulification of the South -
Endorseed the tariff
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Successfully Defended the Union
-Senate Debate
-"Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!" -
Debated Senator Robert Y. Hayne
Debate was wether to keep westard land public land or to turn it into federal land. -
Joined Andrew Jackson
To supress South Carolina attempt to nulify the tarrif -
Ran for Presidency under the Whig Party
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Split from Federalist Party
Helped form the Whig Party -
President Henry Harrison Dies
This brings John Tyler to presidency, with this all but Webster left the cabnet -
Secatary of State
Named by president Wiliam Herny Harrison -
Successfully Concluded the WEBSTER_ASHBURTIBON TREATY
Treaty was about the US bondries in Maine. The treaty ended the issue, in result the US got more than half of the discused area. "webster rejected a request to allow boarding of American ships by the British Navy." from u-s-history.com -
Leaves the Cabnet
This is due to whig pressure -
Elected as Whig to Senate
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Served on Senate
Elected as a Whig Party canadite. Resigned in July 1850 -
powerfull Speech to Senate
Compromise of 1850. denouncing Southern threats of secession but urging Northern support for a stronger law for the recovery of fugitive slaves -
Secratary of State
Appointed by President Millard Fillmore. Supervised the enforcement of Fugitive Slave Act. Served until his death in 1852 "Webster's stand alienated antislavery forces and divided the Whig party, but it helped to preserve the Union."-from http://www.marshfield.net/History/webster.htm -
Last Chance at Presidency
Due to the Whig party favoring General Winfield Scott -
Died
