American Personalities

-great Americans

-was virginian planter

-served in virginian militia, first bout of military service

-served as practicing lawyer first in virginia then in south carolina for a while

-also serves in virginian house of delegates for a stint, not very notable

-enlists in american army when expanded by monroe in 1819 over aroostook affair, even after defused he's still part of it

-gets disturbed at army lack of preparedness and army chief wilkinson's tremendousness, tenders resignation but revokes it when anglo-french war begins

-natural leadership qualities bring him up to lt colonel

-then luisiana war begins

-plays well-respected role at battle of st augustine where us wins there thx to him

-wins congressional gold medal, made major general

-gets selected as major general upon army demobilization in 1829

-leads forces in south carolina in this period

-studies and improves defenses, focuses on discipline

-plays role in indian removal, gets in seminole war which he wins, seminole forced to leave as part of treaty

-during second quasi war, involves himself in army preparation particularly in charleston, nothing needs to occur though

1834-1838: Member of the Rhode Island General Assembly

-rhode island reforms its makeup early, gives more representation to larger towns in 1831

-allows for more reform, dorr helps bring up more general reforms in 1837 with new constitution reducing qualification due to powerful manufacturing interest

-sends him to congress as anti-populist

1839-1845: Member of the United States House of Representatives

-opposes pike's enforcement of fugitive slave act

-opposes second quasi war, views it as fought on behalf of slave power

-joins union party on that basis

-following panic of 1842, supports adding new tariff and becomes influential leader on basis of his charisma

1845-1853; 1859-1865; 1869-1880: United States Senator of Rhode Island

-becomes elected senator (following retirement of predecessor) as unionist in great wave year

-firm daniel webster supporter as senator, and during second nullification crisis conveys webster spirit against nullificationists

-but association with webster results in defeat at hands of populist controlled general assembly in 1852

-returns in 1858 in anti-populist year

-opposes "burrism" of attempted invasion of cuba with great anti-slave power rhetoric

-opposes disqualification of irish in nebraska, and upon ratification of slave code calls it unconstitutional in famed speeches

-when union party splits in 1864, dorr is nominee of northern splinter, gives good performance but not enough to win

-declining to run in same year as pres campaign, he returns in 1868 a grey eminence and plays deep role in radical reconstruction till his death

1794-1797: United States Minister to the Netherlands

1797-1801: United States Minister to Prussia

1802-1803: Massachusetts State Senator

1803-1821: United States Senator of Massachusetts

-without embargo act, sticks with federalists

-but anglophobic attitude over aroostook war results in defeat for reelection as federalists do him in

1821-1829: United States Minister to Russia

-appointed minister to russia by monroe, who respects him despite him being ex-federalist

-serves well, continues under lowndes and sanford, before clay recalls him for being assoc with his enemies

1833-1835: Governor of Massachusetts

-nominated by anti-catholics, accepts, wins election narrowly

-serves well but alienates anti-catholics when he refuses to play along as they thought

-wins 1834 election as national republican nominee

1839-1848: United States Senator of Massachusetts

-elected during chaos over missouri going back on compromise

-in office, serves as independent-minded representative if affliated with natreps and unionists

-supports antislavery efforts

1798-1799: Secretary of the Northwest Territory

1814-1817: Member of the United States House of Representatives

1817-1825: Secretary of War of the United States

-acquires appointment based on popularity defeating tecumseh's alliance

-resigns after exploring presidential run yields failure, realizes will not be renewed

1825-1831: Senator for Ohio

1832-1837: United States Minister to Russia

-gets appointed by friend clay, doesn't serve that well

-ran for president in 1840, lost but did quite well

1798-1798: Member of New York State Assembly

1798-1802; 1806-1811: New York State Senator

1801-1802: 1806-1807: New York Councillor of Appointment

1803-1807; 1808-1810; 1811-1813: Mayor of New York

1811-1813: Lieutenant-Governor of New York

1813-1817: Vice President of the United States

-instead of running for president, gets made vp

-acquires funding for erie canal

-serves quite well

1819-1820; 1823-1827; 1829-1831: Governor of New York

-runs after failed presidential run in 1816

-in 1825, opponents cut gov terms to 2 years

-doesn't run in 1820 and 1828 cuz running for pres those years

-also was defeated in 1827 by tompkins, before defeating him in 1829

-defeated by van buren in 1831 by close margin

-but maintains dreams of presidency, and badly failed 1832 presidential run is last act before dying

1802-1803: Assemblyman for the New York State Assembly

1804-1807: Associate Justice for the Supreme Court of New York

1807-1819: Governor of New York

1819-1825: Secretary of State of the United States

-runs for president in 1824, crushed because gets no votes in south, and in north clinton swallows his votes

1827-1829: Governor of New York

-loses in 1829 to clinton, crushing defeat and he retires from political office afterwards

1830-1834: Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court

1808-1813: Surrogate of Columbia County, New York

1813-1819: New York State Senator

1819-1831: Associate Justice for the Supreme Court of New York

-retires after death of wife, gets appointed to supreme court

-un-retires to run for governor against clinton in 1830, wins

1831-1833: Governor of New York

-wins, builds up effective patronage network

-but distraught by clay's "federalism", runs for senate and resigns after winning

1833-1837: United States Senator of New York

1837-1845: Secretary of State of the United States

1803-1806: Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives

1806-1807: United States Senator from Kentucky (3 months)

1807-1809: Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives

1810-1811: United States Senator from Kentucky (3 months)

1811-1821; 1823-1825: Member of the United States House of Representatives (12 years)

1814-1817; 1823-1825: Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

1825-1828: Secretary of State of the United States

1829-1837: President of the United States

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1837-1839: Member of the United States House of Representatives (1 year, 10 months)

-elected in august 1837, during accentuated missouri crisis

-resolves crisis, declines to be re-elected

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1840-1852: United States Senator from Kentucky (11 years, 11 months)

-wants to retire for a time, but is involved in union party formation, beginning of war with france means he wants to be in congress again, arranges it

-resignation occurs, clay gets elected senator, quickly become frontbencher

-anti-pike opposition crystallizes around him and his policies

-opposes war firmly in congress but pike initiates actions nevertheless

-promotes new financial laws in congress

-upon election of webster, attempts to push cabinet appointment, refused

-relations frosty, but clay nevertheless moving force behind new laws

-during second nullification crisis, clay attempts to push compromise

-but webster preempts clay by pushing against nullification hard

-when nullifiers defeated, clay admits webster was right

1841-1843: President pro tempore of the United States Senate

Vice President

-1829-1837: John Sergeant

Secretary of State

-1829-1830: John C. Calhoun (resigned over nullification)

-1830-1837: James Barbour

Secretary of Domestic Affairs (created by bill)

-1831-1837: idk

Secretary of the Treasury

-1829-1832: Richard Rush (resigned to run for senator)

-1832-1837: Louis McLane

Secretary of War

-1829-1837: Peter B. Porter

Attorney General

-1829-1831: Richard M. Johnson (resigned over the tariff)

-1829-1832: John J. Crittenden (became Supreme Court Associate Justice)

-1832-1837: Francis T. Brook

Secretary of the Navy

-1829-1837: James Pleasants

Postmaster General

-1829-1937: Robert P. Letcher

1814-1817: Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives

-serves quite notable role as such

-moves to massachusetts following year without a summer, as sees that decline is imminent, builds new law career in boston

1821-1827: Member of the United States House of Representatives

-law career very successful, particularly after great defence of dartmouth at supreme court

-defeated in 1826 because pro-war

1829-1835: United States Senator from Massachusetts

-debates nature of union in famous reply to hayne, makes him famous name

-sort of breaks with clay over nullification, but jumps back when bank becomes major topic of controversy following 1834 panic

-after failed effort to become pres nominee pushes for appointment to plenipotentiary of british isles, gets it

1835-1837: United States Minister Plenipotentiary to the British Isles

-warm anglophilia, moderate spirit makes him popular in this position

-leaves him out of the way during missouri crisis, though he does make his antislavery stance clear

1837-1845: United States Senator from Massachusetts

-secures resignation that opens the way for him to become senator

-subsequent anti-pike stance means he retains popularity in west and upper south

1845-1852: President of the United States

-son of federalist father

-served as hardcore and impressive lawyer

-elected to new hampshire house on that basis, shines in role but resigns, moves to boston after year without a summer, wins election to house afterwards

-during war scares with uk makes well-known antiwar speeches

-but has different stance with spain, desires to spread american commerce across mississippi and so when crisis begins endorses war in break with his allies

-note: in OTL webster was all for war with spain if they were to close mississippi in an essay he wrote in 1800

-makes him pseudo-republican, gets nominated by party as senator

-upon end of war he becomes allied with clay as popular revolution ends uk issues

-as senator he's crucial clay ally

-makes famous reply to calhoun in senate, widely published speech for legendary eloquence and defence of the union

-equiv. to second reply to hayne

-makes him one of leaders of unionist party upon formation

-so dejected after clay's compromise tariff he contemplates joining anti-clay forces, decides not to as it's shown as anti-tariff decisively

-supports bank of us when it gets crit after panic of 1834

-tries to gain support from presidential run, but fails to get southern and much western support

-afterwards, sulks and get appointed to ambassador to british isles, notes that it's stepping stone

-serves role well, v. popular in this context

-when missouri compromise strikes, considers returning but avoids it because he thinks compromise imminent

-then when he realizes not, winter has come, webster cannot brave winter storms

-returns following pike's victory, successfully retains antislavery bonafides with some statements on the subject, and gets himself elected senator again

-in senate, furiously ripostes pike administration

-on gag issue, is very anti-gag, votes against all gags but clay's gag sending abolition petitions to packed committee goes through

-on jury nullification of fugitive slave act, webster defends the rights of juries in speeches, no doubt affected by british views on them

-when missouri decides to allow full importation of slaves, widespread panic and webster expresses he hoped it would not

-but nonetheless argues they are constitutional in doing so

-when south makes motions about jury nullification of fsa

-webster argues that, considering missouri permitted slave importation, south can hardly be picky about north going back on part of bargain about fsa

-"webster addendum" to missouri compromise, succeeds for most part in cooling tensions despite south carolina being miffed

-initially pro-war with france, but advocates peace with honour as it goes on too long

-doesn't run for pres though as general view is it's bound to be populist victory

-supports bank of us hardcore and his friend its president nathan appleton, secures leadership second only to clay

American Presidents > 1845-1852 Daniel Webster (Unionist) †

-remembered as icon of American nationalism

-during US's Wars > American Civil War (1869-76), Webster's name and speeches remembered forever

-specifically "Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable" from his Reply to Calhoun (1830)

-and to another extent "our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country" in Bunker Hill address (1825)

-indeed, Daniel Webster's aphorisms remembered well, with a number of other ones added

President

-1845-1852: Daniel Webster

Vice President

-1845-1852: James L. Petigru [1]

Secretary of State

-1845-1852: Nicholas Biddle [2]

Secretary of Domestic Affairs

-1845-1852: Thomas Ewing [3]

Secretary of the Treasury

-1845-1851: James Wilson II [4]

-1851-1852: John C. Spencer [5]

Secretary of War

-1845-1852: Charles Wickliffe [6]

Attorney General

-1845-1852: Nathan Sargent [7]

Secretary of the Navy

-1845-1850: William A. Graham [8]

-1850-1852: Jonathan Worth [9]

Postmaster General

-1845-1852: Samuel A. Eliot [10]

President of the Bank of the United States

-1845-1851: Nathan Appleton [11]

-1851-1852: Reverdy Johnson [12]

[1]One of the few South Carolinian supporters of the federal Union Party, selected to balance President Webster's firmly Northern status. Played conciliatory role during the Second Nullification Crisis. Following Webster's death on July 4 1852, served as president for eight months.

[2]A career diplomat with little political experience, appointed by President Webster to ensure dominance over the cabinet. Allowed Webster to sell Department of State positions to the highest bidder, and successfully negotiated an end to the Granadine War of Independence beneficial to American interests.

[3]Selected both to block Senator Clay from pushing desired appointments and as a linkage between Clay and Webster. Fully supported the Websterite approach to the Second Nullification Crisis, and deflected against Missourian claims on Juniper Territory.

[4](link) Selected as important ally of President Webster, and allowed Webster to sell Treasury positions to the highest bidder. Resigned following revelations of widespread bribery within the Treasury Department.

[5]Appointed as a New Yorker, and as an independent-minded Unionist. Sought to root out corruption within the Treasury Department.

[6]Selected for being a Unionist Kentucky rival of Senator Clay.

[7]The mandatory Clay dependent in Webster's cabinet, appointed to a weak advisory role.

[8]North Carolinian member of cabinet who built up navy against Spanish. Opposing the Nullification Proclamation and the Force Act, resigned from office.

[9]Anti-nullificationist from North Carolina, selected as replacement.

[10]Close Webster ally, selected to distribute patronage. Saw the Post Office gain a monopoly over telegraphy.

[11]Close Webster ally. Fought against the Panic of 1842, and due to the use of slaves as loan collateral saw the Bank become the largest slaveholder in the United States. Saw the renewal of the charter, and freed slaves and sent them to Liberia. Resigned following widespread corruption scandals.

[12]Distant from Webster. Administered over corruption cleanup efforts in the Bank.

Vice President

-1837-1845: Peter V. Daniel

Secretary of State

-1837-1845: Martin Van Buren

Secretary of Domestic Affairs

-1837-1845: idk

Secretary of the Treasury

-1837-1845: Langdon Cheves

Secretary of War

-1837-1840: Hugh L. White (died)

-1840-1845: Joel R. Poinsett

Attorney General

-1837-1840: Felix Grundy

-1840-1843: Levi Woodbury

-1843-1845: David Henshaw

Secretary of the Navy

-1837-1843: John Branch

-1843-1845: Robert F. Stockton

Postmaster General

-1837-1845: Benjamin F. Butler (link))