{"id":1332,"date":"2014-08-14T04:50:45","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T04:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/?page_id=1332"},"modified":"2015-05-28T03:11:17","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T03:11:17","slug":"daniel-webster","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/?page_id=1332","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Webster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1333\" style=\"width: 243px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DanielWebster.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1333\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1333 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DanielWebster-233x300.png\" alt=\"DanielWebster\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DanielWebster-233x300.png 233w, http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DanielWebster.png 394w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Webster, 1834 portrait by Francis Alexander.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Noted orator Daniel Webster (1782-1852) and Henry Clay (1777-1852) were rivals for leadership of the Whig Party. In the early 1840s Webster tried unsuccessfully to build political support outside the party. In his speech on May 2 he downplayed differences with Clay and endorsed Clay\u2019s nomination for president. Claude Moore Fuess, Daniel Webster, vol. 2, 1830-1852 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1930): 143; Irving H. Bartlett, Daniel Webster (New York: W. W. Norton, 1978), 187.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noted orator Daniel Webster (1782-1852) and Henry Clay (1777-1852) were rivals for leadership of the Whig Party. In the early 1840s Webster tried unsuccessfully to build political support outside the party. In his speech on May 2 he downplayed differences &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/?page_id=1332\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1335,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4M6TH-lu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1332"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1332"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3429,"href":"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1332\/revisions\/3429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/skinnerfamilypapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}