daniel webster

     

He was called "Black Dan" due to his swarthy complexion & "Godlike Daniel" from his imposing style

Trivia about daniel webster

  • On Aug. 2, 1826 at Boston's Faneuil Hall, this great orator delivered a eulogy on Jefferson & Adams
  • Speak up now if you know that a college in Nashua is named for this great New Hampshire orator
  • In 1841 Tyler's cabinet resigned except for this secy. of state; the devil must have made him stay
  • To many New Englanders, this New Hampshire native was known as the "Godlike" Daniel
  • This New Hampshire orator is said to have outsmarted the Devil himself
  • One of his best-known orations is the Bunker Hill speech of 1825
  • In Washington D.C.'s Statuary Hall, a sculpture of this orator represents New Hampshire
  • In a Stephen Vincent Benet story, Jabez Stone retains this lawyer to defend him from Mr. Scratch
  • A sofa once owned by this Massachusetts orator is in the Green Room; speak of the devil....
  • The last words of this 19th c. Massachusetts senator & noted orator were "I still live"
  • His 1830 "Liberty and Union" speech to the Senate was spread over 2 days
  • With Lord Ashburton he negotiated the 1842 treaty that set the border for Maine
  • In a popular short story, this famed orator saves a farmer who's sold his soul to the devil
  • Look up "orator" in the dictionary & you'll see a picture of this man, secretary of state to 3 presidents
  • In a Stephen Vincent Benet work, this man defends Jabez Stone before the devil's jury of villains
  • In an 1830 debate this senator said, "Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable"
  • This orator served as Secretary of State under William Henry Harrison & John Tyler
  • His words became North Dakota motto, “Liberty & Union, Now & Forever, One & Inseparable”
  • New Englander who concluded an 1830 Senate speech, "Liberty & union, now & forever, one & inseparable"
  • (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, NH.) The home of this orator & statesman who won the case of McCollough v. Maryland in 1819 still stands in Portsmouth
  • His peak as an orator came in an 1830 reply to a speech by Bob Hayne, a South Carolina senator
  • The 9 honored with Reception Room portraits include the "Great Triumvirate": Clay, Calhoun & this Massachusetts man
  • This orator who argued McCulloch v. Maryland in the Supreme Court was one of the USA's most highly paid lawyers
  • At a bicentennial celebration of the Mayflower's journey, this orator popularized the term "Pilgrim"