Daniel Webster, regarded as one of the greatest orators of the day, was born January 18, 1782 to Ebenezer Webster and Abigail (Eastman) Webster in West Salisbury, New Hampshire.

His father, Ebenezer, was a farmer, tavern owner, and from 1791 until his death was judge of the court of common pleas of Hillsborough County. His mother, Abigail, was a descendant of Roger Eastman, who arrived in this country in 1638 and came to be known as Roger “the immigrant”. *

Daniel attended Dartmouth College in 1801 studying law and was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1805. He opened a law office in Portsmouth, N. H., in 1807, becoming a notable orator and leading constitutional lawyer.

He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1813 and served as a Representative from New Hampshire until 1817.

After relocating to Boston, Massachusetts, he became a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts in 1823 and served until 1827. That year he became a U.S. Senator and served until 1841, then again from 1845 to 1850.

Webster died on October 24, 1852, at his home in Marshfield, Massachusetts, after falling from his horse and suffering a crushing blow to the head, complicated by cirrhosis of the liver, which resulted in a cerebral hemorrhage. He is buried in the "Old Winslow Burial Ground" section of Marshfield's Winslow Cemetery.