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Easton Press leather edition of Irving H. Barlett's "Daniel Webster," a COLLECTOR'S edition, one of the LIBRARY OF AMERICAN HISTORY series, published in 1994. Bound in hunter green leather, the book has decorative paper end leaves, satin book marker, acid-free paper, hubbed spine, gold gilt on three edges---in near FINE condition. COLLECTOR'S NOTES is included. Born on a farm in New Hampshire, Daniel Webster , who lived from 1782 – 1852, was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. Webster graduated from DARTMOUTH COLLEGE. As one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, he argued over 200 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court between 1814 and his death in 1852. His name became synonymous with the Constitution and the Union. During his life, he was a member of the Federalist Party, the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. I n 1782, Webster established a successful legal practice in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, after undergoing a legal apprenticeship. He emerged as a prominent opponent of the War of 1812 and won election to the U.S. House of Representatives , where he served as a leader of the Federalist Party. Webster left office after two terms and relocated to Boston , Massachusetts. He became a leading attorney before the Supreme Court of the U.S. , winning cases such as Dartmouth College v Woodward, McCulloch v Maryland, and Gibbons v Ogden. Webster returned to the House in 1823 and became a key supporter of President JOHN QUINCY ADAMS . He won election to the U.S. Senate in 1827 and worked with HENRY CLAY to build the National Republican Party in support of Adams. After ANDREW JACKSON defeated Adams in the 1828 presidential election , Webster became a leading opponent of Jackson's domestic policies. He strongly objected to the theory of nullification espoused by JOHN C. CALHOUN , and his Second Reply to Hayne speech is widely regarded as one of the greatest speeches ever delivered in Congress. Webster supported Jackson's defiant response to the Nullification Crisis , but broke with the president due to disagreements over the Second Bank of the U.S. Webster joined with other Jackson opponents in forming the Whig Party, and unsuccessfully ran in the 1836 presidential election . He supported Harrison in the 1840 presidential election and was appointed secretary of state after Harrison took office. Webster returned to the Senate in 1845 and resumed his status as a leading congressional Whig. During the Mexican-American War, he emerged as a leader of the "Cotton Whigs," a faction of Northern Whigs that emphasized good relations with the South over anti-slavery policies. In 1850, President Fillmore appointed Webster as secretary of state, and Webster contributed to the passage of the Compromise of 1850 , which settled several territorial issues and enacted a new fugitive slave law. Compromise proved unpopular in much of the North and undermined Webster's standing in his home state. Webster is widely regarded as an important and talented attorney, orator, and politician, but historians and observers have offered mixed opinions on his moral qualities and ability as a national leader. For 40 years, from 1812-1852, Webster played a dominant national role as lawyer, orator, Congressman, etc. Endowed with that mysterious quality known a charisma, he was little more than average in height, but he gave an impression of a giant with his dramatic style and voice. Called "Black Dan" since childhood, Webster seemed to have two characters---the "God-like and the Hell-like---the Godlike and Black Dan." Bronson Alcott called him a cross between the Roman and the Indian. His sexual conduct was questioned often during his life. He was married two times and there was gossip about "loose" women between wives. Webster lived "beyond his means" and was often heavily in debt, and his drinking was legendary . . .or as one friend said, "he ate but little and drank wine freely." Webster had a massive hairy chest, a leonine head, and his "heavily browed black eyes were compared to furnaces." Webster was a "man's man" but many women were also strongly attracted to him. 333 pages, including an index. I offer combined shipping.