daniel webster

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Definition von daniel webster im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

a US politician who was Secretary of State from 1841 to1843 and from 1850 to 1852. He was also an important lawyer in the Supreme Court and was especially famous for his skill at public speaking. He strongly believed that the federal (=national) government was more important than the individual governments in each US state (1782-1852). born Jan. 18, 1782, Salisbury, N.H., U.S. died Oct. 24, 1852, Marshfield, Mass. U.S. lawyer and politician. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1813-17). After moving to Boston (1816), he built a prosperous law practice and represented Massachusetts in the House (1823-27). He argued several precedent-setting cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including the Dartmouth College case, McCulloch v. Maryland, and Gibbons v. Ogden. Elected to the U.S. Senate (1827-41, 1845-50), he became famous as an orator for his speeches supporting the Union and opposing the nullification movement and its advocates, John C. Calhoun and Robert Y. Hayne. As U.S. secretary of state (1841-43, 1850-52) he negotiated the Webster-Ashburton Treaty to settle the Canada-Maine border dispute

{i} (1782-1852) Unites States politician and orator

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Dan·iel Web·ster

Türkische aussprache

dänyıl webstır

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/ˈdanyəl ˈwebstər/ /ˈdænjəl ˈwɛbstɜr/