OVERVIEW:

BORN:
January 18, 1782, 
Salisbury, New Hampshire

DIED: 
October 24, 1852 (age 70)
Marshfield, Massachusetts

EDUCATION:
Phillips Exeter Academy
Dartmouth College (1801)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Federalist (before 1825)
National Republican (1825–1833)
Whig (1833–1852)

HIGHLIGHTS:
1802:
Principal at an academy in Fryeburg, Maine
1805:
Admitted to New Hampshire Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Boscawen, New Hampshire
1807:
Moved to Portsmouth, New Hampshire
1813-1817:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
Federalist from New Hampshire
1816-1819:
Represented Dartmouth College in case before U.S. Supreme Court
1820:
Delegate to the Massachusetts State Constitutional Convention
1823-1827:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts 
1823-1827:
Chair of the House Judiciary Committee
1827-1841:
U.S. Senator from Massachusetts,
Elected as Adams (later Anti-Jacksonian)
Reelected as a Whig in 1833
1833-1836;
Chair of the Senate Finance Committee 
1836:
Unsuccessful Whig Candidate for President 
1841-1843:
U.S. Secretary of State 
1845-1850:
U.S. Senator from Massachusetts,
Whig from Massachusetts 
1850-1852:
U.S. Secretary of State 

RESOURCES:

BIOGRAPHIES:
Biographical Directory of  Congress
U.S. Senate
Department of State
Library of Congress
Wikipedia

PAPERS: 
The Works of Daniel Webster (Vols. 1-6)
The Private Correspondence of Daniel Webster (Vols. 1-2)
The Writing and Speeches of Daniel Webster (Vols. 1-18)
The Letters of Daniel Webster
The Diplomatic and Official Papers of Daniel Webster
Rotunda/ UVA Press ($)
Library of Congress Resources

ARTICLES:
Speech Costs Senator His Seat (U.S. Senate)