Justin Smith Morrill : father of the land-grant colleges / Coy F. Cross II.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cross, Coy F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legislators--United States--Biography.

Legislators.

State universities and colleges--United States--History.

State universities and colleges.

United States. Congress. Senate--Biography.

United States.

Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.

Morrill, Justin S.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-62895-194-X

0-87013-905-3

0-585-18817-3

OCLC:

44958177