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He served as the 18th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and was a political ally and colleague of Daniel Webster. After a rapid rise in Massachusetts and national politics and one term as speaker, Winthrop succeeded Webster in the Senate.
In December, 1847, after Robert C. Winthrop of Massachusetts had won election as Speaker of the House of Representatives, three of the nation’s most remarkable political leaders stopped by to offer advice.
May 13, 2024 · Speaker of House defends use of the Bible. Robert Charles Winthrop was an American lawyer, politician, and philanthropist who at one point in his political career rose to the office of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Like most who lived during the Founding Era of the United States, Winthrop was concerned about the moral ...
Winthrop was a Massachusetts state representative from 1835 to 1840, serving as Speaker of the House from 1838 to 1840. He was then a representative in the U.S. House, serving as its speaker from 1847 to 1849.
Nov 8, 2023 · Robert Charles Winthrop (Boston, Massachusetts, May 12, 1809 – Boston, Massachusetts, November 16, 1894) was an American lawyer and philanthropist and one time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
- Massachusetts
- May 12, 1809
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- November 16, 1894
Mar 1, 2009 · He compared the "aristocratic" Winthrop, a former speaker of the house and senator in the United Sates Congress, unfavorably to the late Henry Wilson, a rough-hewn shoemaker who had risen up to represent Massachusetts in the senate and who died in office as vice president of the United States.
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Robert Charles Winthrop was an American lawyer, philanthropist, and Whig Party politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States House and Senate from 1840 to 1851. He served as the 18th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and was a political ally and colleague of Daniel Webster.
