MARSHALL, JOHN. Born in Fauquier County, Virginia, September 24, 1755;
served in the Revolution; United States envoy to France, 1797-98; member
of Congress, 1799-1800; secretary of state, 1800-01; chief justice of
the United States Supreme Court, 1801-35; died at Philadelphia, July 6,
1835.
CLAY, HENRY. Born in Hanover County, near Richmond, Virginia, April 12,
1777; United States senator from Kentucky, 1806-07 and 1809-11; member
of Congress, 1811-21 and 1823-25; peace commissioner at Ghent, 1814;
candidate for President, 1824; secretary of state, 1825-29; senator,
1832-42 and 1849-52; Whig candidate for President, 1832 and 1844; chief
designer of the "Missouri Compromise" of 1820, of the compromise of
1850, and of the compromise tariff of 1832-33; died at Washington, June
29, 1852.
WEBSTER, DANIEL. Born at Salisbury, now Franklin, New Hampshire, January
18, 1782; graduated at Dartmouth College, 1801; admitted to the bar at
Boston, 1805; Federalist member of Congress from New Hampshire, 1813-17;
removed to Boston, 1816; member of Congress from Massachusetts, 1823-27;
Whig United States senator, 1827-41; received several electoral votes
for President, 1836, and unsuccessful candidate for Whig nomination
until death; secretary of state, 1841-43; senator, 1845-50; secretary of
state, 1850-52; died at Marshfield, Massachusetts, October 24, 1852.
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