3. Accomplisments He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives because of his opposition to the War of 1812. Webster left Congress in 1816. Over the next six years, he won major constitutional cases before the Supreme Court (most notably, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE V. WOODWARD, GIBBONS V. OGDEN, and MCCULLOCH V. MARYLAND), establishing himself as the nation's leading lawyer and an outstand outstanding orator. In 1827 he was elected senator from Massachusetts.
4. Background Information Party: Adams; Anti-Jacksonian; Whig Representative from New Hampshire and a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts
5. He became famous as an orator for his speeches supporting the Union and opposing the nullification movement. He preserved the Union.
