"The Constitution has enemies, secret and professed" - Daniel Webster

American Minute ^ | January 13, 2021 | Bill Federer

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Considered one of the five greatest Senators in U.S. history, Daniel Webster's statue stands in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall, placed there by the State of New Hampshire. His career spanned almost four decades, serving as Secretary of State for Presidents William Harrison, John Tyler and Millard Fillmore.

Daniel Webster was born JANUARY 18, 1782, on a farm in New Hampshire.

He attended Dartmouth College, the 9th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. It was founded in 1769 by the Great Awakening preacher Rev. Eleazar Wheelock to educate Native Americans in the Christian faith and train Congregationalist Christian ministers.

Daniel Webster became the highest paid attorney of his day.

He served in the: U.S Congress 1813-1817; 1823-1827; U.S. Senate 1827-1841; 1845-1850; and  U.S. Secretary of State 1841-1843; 1850-1852. He negotiated the Webster-Ashburton Treaty which set the nation's Northeast boundary.

Webster worked to suppress the African slave trade, stating: "Traffic in slaves is irreconcilable with the principles of humanity and justice."

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