Robert Charles Winthrop (1809-1894)
American statesman educated at Harvard who studied law with Daniel Webster and was Whig
speaker of the house (1847-49) and appointed to the Senate in 1850 before losing the seat
to Charles Sumner.
American statesman educated at Harvard who studied law with Daniel Webster and was Whig
speaker of the house (1847-49) and appointed to the Senate in 1850 before losing the seat
to Charles Sumner.