List of things named for Daniel Webster

The following is a list of things named for Daniel Webster.

Portrait of Daniel Webster chosen by Senator John F. Kennedy to adorn the Senate Reception Room

Literature and film

Schools and colleges

  • Daniel Webster College a defunct four-year college located in Nashua, New Hampshire.
  • A dormitory at Phillips Exeter Academy is named Webster Hall in honor of Daniel Webster, as is the fifth floor of Phillips Hall, which is known as the Daniel Webster Debate Room. It serves as the meeting spot for the Exeter Debate Team, which was renamed the Daniel Webster Debate Society in honor of Webster.
  • The special collections library at Dartmouth College, located prominently on the campus Green, is named Webster Hall.
  • Webster Hall at Southern New Hampshire University houses the School of Business and Center for Financial Studies.
  • Daniel Webster High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • Daniel Webster Middle School (formerly Daniel Webster Junior High School) in West Los Angeles, California
  • Daniel Webster Middle School (formerly Daniel Webster Junior High School) in Waukegan, Illinois
  • Daniel Webster Elementary School in Daly City, California
  • Daniel Webster Elementary School in Dallas, Texas
  • Daniel Webster Elementary School in San Francisco, California
  • Daniel Webster Elementary School in Weehawken, New Jersey
  • Daniel Webster Magnet School in New Rochelle, New York
  • Daniel Webster Elementary School in his hometown of Marshfield, Massachusetts is named for him.
  • Webster Elementary School, in Marshfield, Webster County, Missouri is named for him.
  • Daniel Webster Elementary School in Washington, DC
  • Daniel Webster School 46 in Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Daniel Webster Elementary School in Logansport, Indiana (1904?-1991)

Postage stamps

In Washington, D.C.
  • One of the two statues representing New Hampshire in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol.
  • In 1957 a senatorial committee chaired by then-Senator John F. Kennedy named Webster as one of their five greatest predecessors, selecting Webster's oval portrait to adorn the Senate Reception Room off the Senate floor.[1] In World War II, the United States liberty ship SS Daniel Webster was named in his honor.
  • Webster Hall houses the dormitory and school for the Senate Page Program in Washington, DC. He had appointed the first Senate Page in 1829.
  • A statue in a park at Massachusetts Ave., NW and 16th Street NW across from Scott Circle.
In Massachusetts

In New Hampshire

In New York

Other place names

In Song

In 1850, John H. Hewitt wrote the song, "The Union Forever", using the theme from #21 "Per te d'immenso giubilo" from "Lucia di Lammormoor" and dedicated it to Daniel Webster.

Other

References

  1. "The "Famous Five" Now the "Famous Seven"". Senate Historical Office. Retrieved 2006-10-26.
  2. "Dan'l Webster Inn web site". Danlwebsterinn.com. Archived from the original on 2009-08-10. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
  3. The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Volume 1. Kentucky State Historical Society. 1903. pp. 37.
  4. "Webster Corners". Twp.webster.mi.us. 1992-09-09. Archived from the original on 2009-09-23. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
  5. Robert E. Gard (9 September 2015). The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names. Wisconsin Historical Society Press. ISBN 978-0-87020-708-2.
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