Daniel Webster

16 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2011

• Representative FL-8 2011–present

• role 14th and 19th U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents Harrison, Tyler, and Fillmore
• role Represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in U.S. Congress
• achievement One of most prominent American lawyers of 19th century; argued over 200 Supreme Court cases
• role Member of Great Triumvirate with Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun
• achievement Won major Supreme Court cases: Dartmouth College v. Woodward, McCulloch v. Maryland, Gibbons v. Ogden
• achievement 1830 Second Reply to Hayne speech widely regarded as one of greatest speeches in Congress

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

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• 100.0%
  Roll-call participation →

  voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

  Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

• 10
  Bills sponsored →

  plus 253 cosponsored

  A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

• 0
  Sponsored bills enacted →

  of 10 bills sponsored

  Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

• 0
  Documented positions →

  no positions documented yet

  Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

• 10
  Committee assignments →

  committees and subcommittees

  Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

• 4
  Disclosed stock trades →

  1 tickers · 2 in a sector a committee they sit on oversees

  Disclosed trades are legally required public filings (STOCK Act), not evidence of wrongdoing; trades may be executed by a manager or held in a blind trust.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Daniel Webster. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

• Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Chairman
• Natural Resources Committee · oversees Energy
• Science, Space, and Technology Committee · oversees Technology
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
• Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee
• Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee · oversees Energy
• Highways and Transit Subcommittee
• Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee
• Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee
• Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

• Economy & TaxesFull support from votes

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

Data from Congress.gov

The members Webster most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Webster connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

Data from Congress.gov