Daniel Webster was born in Charleston, West Virginia and raised in Orlando, Florida
He is a distant relative of the antebellum politician and orator Daniel Webster.
He attended the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he was student government chaplain from 1970 to 1971 and a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.He graduated in 1971 with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering.
Upon graduation, Webster's Vietnam war era student deferment expired and he became eligible for conscription into the U.S. military. He was not drafted, however, because he failed the physical exam due to lifelong foot problems which prevent him from standing for long periods of time.
HE IS A SOUTHERN BAPTIST