on the right we have david webster, who was a lawyer in both his hometown in salisbury, then in portsmouth. he served in the house of representatives. he was a federalist politician and eventually he would move on to massachusetts and become a major national figure, depending on whether you like him or not, he was either godlike daniel or black dan. but he never lost his ties to new hampshire. he maintained a farm here and he knew all the political leaders and figures of new hampshire. he constantly kept in touch with them and spent a good part of the year here. he was always here and present, even if he was living in washington or boston. he was too big to ignore. and one of those who he had detested during much of his political career was are other famous native son, franklin pierce, who is over here. daniel webster was a federalist and a whig politician. his key opponents in new hampshire was franklin pierce, somewhat younger than webster. he was a jeffersonian and he later turned into a jacksonian democrat. he served in the u.s. senate, but he did not stay long. and so he returned to n