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Morrill, Justin S.

Record IDcnp01167301

URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp01167301

Biographical Data1810 - 1898

Last Edit2024-02-08

General Note

Amerikan. Senator

More Information

Further Biographical Data1810-1898

ActivitySenator (gnd)

Names

HeadingMorrill, Justin S.
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany

Variant NameMorrill, Justin Smith

Sources

Found inLCAuth

Justin Smith Morrill (April 14, 1810 - December 28, 1898) was a Representative (1855-1867) and a Senator (1867-1898) from Vermont, most widely remembered today for the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act that established federal funding for many of the nation's colleges and universities. (This summary was created using Commons SumItUp)Library of Congress description: "Hon. J. S. Morrill"
[Mathew Benjamin Brady / Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.01802. CALL NUMBER: LC-BH82- 4787 A <P&P>[P&P] -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Justin Smith Morrill - Brady-Handy.jpg]