대니얼 웹스터

소개

대니얼 웹스터(Daniel Webster, 1782년 1월 18일 ~ 1852년 10월 24일)는 미합중국의 정치가, 법률가이다. 연방 하원 의원, 매사추세츠주 연방 상원 의원, 국무장관을 역임했다. 연방당, 휘그당에 소속되었다. 19세기 초반 미국을 대표하는 정치인 중 한 명이다. 상원의 이른바 ‘페이머스 파이브’의 한 명이다.

Daniel Webster was an American lawyer, statesman, and diplomat who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the 14th and 19th U.S. secretary of state under presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. Webster was one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, arguing over 200 cases before the United States Supreme Court in his career. During his life, Webster had been a member of the Federalist Party, the National Republican Party, and the Whig Party. He was among the three members of the Great Triumvirate along with Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun.