Editing Daniel Webster (section)

===In media===

Webster is the major character in a fictional short story, ''[[The Devil and Daniel Webster]]'', by [[Stephen Vincent Benét]]. It serves as the basis for a one-act opera of the same name written by American composer [[Douglas Moore]] and the [[The Devil and Daniel Webster (film)|1941 film]] directed by [[William Dieterle]].

Webster is briefly discussed in Chapter XIX of [[MacKinlay Kantor]]'s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel ''[[Andersonville (novel)|Andersonville]]'' (1955).

Jefferson Smith sits at what is said to be Webster's desk when he takes his seat in the Senate in [[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]] (1939).

On film, Webster has been portrayed by
* [[George MacQuarrie]] in ''[[The Mighty Barnum]]'' (1934)
* [[Sidney Toler]] in ''[[The Gorgeous Hussy]]'' (1936)
* [[Emmett Vogan]] in ''The Monroe Doctrine'' (1939)
* Harry Humphries in ''[[Abe Lincoln in Illinois (film)|Abe Lincoln in Illinois]]'' (1940)
* [[Edward Arnold (actor)|Edward Arnold]] in ''[[The Devil and Daniel Webster (film)|The Devil and Daniel Webster]]'' (1941)
* [[Anthony Hopkins]] in ''[[Shortcut to Happiness]]'' (2007)
* [[John Rubinstein]] in ''[[Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV series)|Chilling Adventures of Sabrina]]'' (Episode: "The Trial of Sabrina Spellman")