Daniel Webster - Legacy

Legacy

Webster's legacy has been commemorated by numerous means:

Literature and film

• The popular short story, play and movie The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benét.

Schools and Colleges

• Daniel Webster College a small 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.
• The special collections library at Dartmouth College, located prominently on the campus Green, is named Webster Hall.
• 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 Elementary School in New Rochelle, New York
• Daniel Webster Elementary School in his hometown of Marshfield, Massachusetts is named for him.

Postage stamps

• Webster appears on a total of eleven US Postage stamps, the first one issued in 1870.

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 (seen at right) to adorn the Senate Reception Room off the Senate floor. 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 1839.

In Massachusetts

• A statue of Webster is in front of the Massachusetts State House in Boston, Massachusetts.
• Webster, Massachusetts was named in his honor by Samuel Slater on March 6, 1832.
• The current Daniel Webster Inn and Spa, in Sandwich, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, replaced a 300-year-old tavern of the same name which burned in 1971. At the old building, Webster had a room reserved for his frequent visits to Cape Cod from 1815 to 1851 and the inn was later named in his honor.

In New Hampshire

• A statue of Webster is in front of the New Hampshire State House in Concord, New Hampshire.
• Mount Webster, a peak in New Hampshire's White Mountains
• Daniel Webster Council, a division of the Boy Scouts of America covering most of New Hampshire
• The Daniel Webster Family Home in West Franklin, New Hampshire, declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974
• The Daniel Webster Highway, several portions of US Route 3 in New Hampshire
• Webster, New Hampshire
• Webster Lake in Franklin, NH was renamed in his honor in 1851(formerly Clough Pond)
• The historic Daniel Webster farm, known as The Elms, located near Franklin, New Hampshire, was also the site of the New Hampshire Home for Orphans during 1871-1959. Threatened by development in 2004-05, the property was saved by last-minute efforts by the Webster Farm Preservation Association working with the Trust for Public Land.
• The Daniel Webster Scout Trail, a hiking trail, up Mount Madison leaving from Dolly Copp Campground. The trail was constructed by Scouts of the Daniel Webster Council in 1933 and is maintained by the Appalachian Mountain Club

In New York

• A bronze statue of Webster stands at 72nd Street in Central Park, New York City.

Other place names

• Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana is named for the statesman. Its seat of government is at Minden.
• Webster Township and Webster United Church of Christ of Dexter, Washtenaw County, Michigan, are named for Webster; he is purported to have contributed the sum of one hundred dollars to the church's construction in 1834.
• Webster, a town in Monroe County, New York, was named for him (outside of Rochester, pop. 40,000)
• Webster Groves, Missouri was named in his honor

Other

• The USS Daniel Webster, a U.S. Navy submarine