Robert C. Winthrop
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Robert Charles Winthrop was an American lawyer, philanthropist, and Whig Party politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States House and Senate from 1840 to 1851. He served as the 18th s
Winthrop c. 1855–65
Elizabeth Cabot Blanchard Winthrop
Robert C. Winthrop mausoleum in Mount Auburn Cemetery
Daniel Webster
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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 presid
Robert C. Winthrop
…and Senate from 1840 to 1851. He served as the 18th speaker of the United States House of Representatives and was a political ally and colleague of Daniel Webster. After a rapid rise in Massachusetts and national politics and one term as speaker, Winthrop succeeded Webster in the Senate. His re-election campaign…
Daguerreotype of Webster c. 1847
Webster's birthplace home in present-day Franklin, New Hampshire
Daniel Webster represented the Second Bank of the United States both in the Congress and before the US Supreme Court as well serving as Director of its Boston branch on which he made out this $3,001.01 draft on July 24, 1824.
1825 portrait of Daniel Webster, Sarah Goodridge