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Author Cross II, Coy F

Title Justin Smith Morrill : Father of the Land-Grant Colleges
Published East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 1999

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Contents Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1: The Making of Justin Morrill; Chapter 2: Mr. Morrill Goes to Washington; Chapter 3: The Morrill Tariff; Chapter 4: The Irrepressible Conflict; Chapter 5: Morrill's Monument: The Land-Grant College Act; Chapter 6: The Politician Inside the Public Servant; Chapter 7: Senator Morrill; Chapter 8: Beautifying Washington; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index
Summary Smith Morrill: Almost every land-grant college or university in the United States has a building named for him; but are his contributions truly recognized and understood? Here is the first biography on this renowned statesman in six decades. Representative and then senator from Vermont, Morrill began his tenure in Congress in 1855 and served continuously for forty-three years. His thirty- one years in the upper chamber alone earned him the title ""Father of the Senate."" Coy F. Cross reveals a complex and influential political figure who, as chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, and
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Subject Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
SUBJECT Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898 fast
Subject United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography
SUBJECT United States. Congress. Senate fast
Subject Legislators -- United States -- Biography
State universities and colleges -- United States -- History
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
Legislators
State universities and colleges
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
Author Cross, Coy F
ISBN 9780870139055
0870139053