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WEBSTER TIMELINE

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1782

• January 18: Daniel Webster born in Salisbury, New Hampshire

1797

• Enters Dartmouth College

1800

• July 4: First public speech, oration at Hanover, New Hampshire in celebration of Independence Day

1801

• August 26: Graduates from Dartmouth College
• Begins study of law under Thomas W. Thompson

1804

• Continues in Boston under Christopher Gore

1805

• Begins law practice in Boscawen, New Hampshire

1807

• Moves practice to Portsmouth; Ezekiel Webster takes over Boscawen practice

1808

• Marries Grace Fletcher

1812

• As a result of opposition to the War of 1812, Webster is elected to the House of Representatives as a Federalist

1816

• Moves to Boston

1818

• Argues his first case before the Supreme Court in the Dartmouth College Case

1819

• Court returns favorable verdict in Dartmouth College v. Woodward

1820

• Delivers Plymouth Oration

1822

• Elected to House from Boston

1824

• Reelected to Congress
• Supports Greek Independence

1825

• Oration at Bunker Hill delivered

1826

• Delivers Jefferson and Adams address

1827

• Elected Senator for the state of Massachusetts

1828

• Grace Fletcher Webster dies
• Webster visits Dartmouth with Ezekiel and addresses the faculty and students

1829

• Marries Caroline LeRoy

1830

• Delivers his Second Reply to Hayne

1832

• Purchases Marshfield

1833

• Reelected to Senate

1835

• Nominated for the Presidency by the Massichusets legislature

1836

• Webster is one of four Whig candidates; Democrat Martin Van Buren elected President

1841

• Becomes Secretary of State for Harrison and shortly thereafter for Tyler
• Remains with Tyler after the rest of the cabinet resigns

1842

• Negotiates Webster-Ashburton Treaty

1843

• Resigns from Tyler's cabinet

1845

• Reelected to the Senate

1850

• Delivers controversial Seventh of March Speech
• Becomes Secretary of State under Millard Fillmore

1852

• October 24: Dies at his home in Marshfield