TEN FAMOUS AMERICAN ORATORS. JOHN RANDOLPH, 1773-1833. HENRY CLAY, 1777-1852. DANIEL WEBSTER, 1782-1852. JOHN C. CALHOUN, 1782-1850. EDWARD EVERETT, 1794-1865. RUFUS CHOATE, 1799-1858. WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON, 1804-1879. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 1809-1865. CHARLES SUMNER, 1811-1874. WENDELL PHILLIPS, 1811-1884. 1 WEBSTER. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. WEBSTER THE MAN. BIRTH at Salisbury, N.H., 1782. First marriage (to Grace Fletcher), 1808. Election to the United States House of Representatives, 1812. Second election to the United States House of Representatives, 1815. Removal to Boston, 1816. Member of the Convention to revise the Constitution of Massachusetts, 1820. Third election to House of Representatives, 1822. Fourth election to House of Representatives, 1824. Election to the United States Senate, 1828. Second marriage (to Caroline LeRoy), 1829. Leader of the Whig party, 1834. Nomination for presidency by the Whig party of Massachusetts, 1834. Visit to Europe, 1839. Second election to Senate, 1839. Secretary of State to Presidents Harrison and Tyler, 18411843. Negotiation of Ashburton Treaty, 1842. Third election to the Senate, 1844. |