Justin S. Morrill
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Justin Smith Morrill was an American politician and entrepreneur who represented Vermont in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate. He is most widely remembered for Morril
Morrill, 1855–65
Justin Smith Morrill (pictured between 1865 and 1880)
Morrill Hall at Iowa State University, one of several Morrill Halls at colleges created by the Morrill Act
Mausoleum of Senator Justin Smith Morrill in Strafford, Vermont
Morrill Land-Grant Acts
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The Morrill Land-Grant Acts are United States statutes that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges in U.S. states, focusing on agricultural and mechanical studies.
Justin S. Morrill
…represented Vermont in the United States House of Representatives (1855–1867) and United States Senate (1867–1898). He is most widely remembered for Morrill Land-Grant Acts that provided federal funding for establishing many of the United States' public colleges and universities following a movement led by Jonathan Baldwin…
Kansas State University campus, 1878
Tuskegee Institute students at work on the school farm
A county extension agent and cotton farmer meet in Pulaski County, Arkansas