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	Famous Morrills
		Justin Smith Morrill was the congressman from Vermont for 43 years and was responsible for passage of the Morrill Land-Grant College Act of 1862.
		The town of Morrill and the County of Morrill are named after Charles Henry Morrill.
		Sister to Sarah Clements and sister-in-law to Abraham Morrill, was accused of witchcraft in 1692 Andover, Massachusetts as the hysteria of the Salem witch trials spread to neighboring towns.
	www.morrillonline.com /fame.html (232 words)

	Justin Smith Morrill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Justin Smith Morrill (April 14, 1810 – December 28, 1898) was a Representative (1855–1867) and a Senator (1867–1898) from Vermont.
		Born in Strafford, Vermont, Morrill attended the common schools and Thetford and Randolph Academies; he worked as a merchant’s clerk in Strafford 1825–1828 and in Portland, Maine, 1828–1831; merchant in Strafford 1831–1848; engaged in agriculture and horticulture 1848–1855.
		In 1852 Morrill was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-fourth Congress and as a Republican to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1855–March 3, 1867).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Justin_Smith_Morrill (411 words)

	JUSTIN SMITH MORRILL - LoveToKnow Article on JUSTIN SMITH MORRILL
		Soon after entering Congress he became the acknowledged leader of the protectionists, and at the request of John Sherman, then chairman of the ways and means committee, he prepared a new tariff bill, which was introduced in the house in March 1860.
		Morrill is probably best known as the author of the Land Grant Act of 1862, which led to the development of the highly important system of state educational institutions, aided by the Federal government.
		A similar bill was introduced by Morrill on the i6th of December 1861, and five months afterwards was presented to the Senate by Benjamin Wade of Ohio.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MO/MORRILL_JUSTIN_SMITH.htm (483 words)

	Justin Smith Morrill Summary
		Justin Smith Morrill was born in Strafford, Vt., on April 14, 1810, to the family of a flsmith of modest means.
		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.
		In 1852 Morrill was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-fourth Congress and as a Republican to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1855–March 3, 1867).
	www.bookrags.com /Justin_Smith_Morrill (862 words)

	U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Historical Minutes > 1878-1920 > Justin S. Morrill
		Justin Morrill was born in Stafford, Vermont in 1810.
		Morrill flourished in the House as a skilled behind-the-scenes negotiator and expert on the nation’s financial affairs.
		Justin Morrill’s greatest construction legacy was the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, which opened a year before he died.
	www.senate.gov /artandhistory/history/minute/Justin_S_Morrill.htm (454 words)

	Senator Justin Morrill State Historic Site - www.HistoricVermont.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Designed and built by Morrill during a brief retirement before starting on a new career in politics, the 17-room cottage incorporates much of the stone-like detail, actually rendered in wood, that is the hallmark of the style.
		Morrill’s prominence, however, is not based on his interest in architecture and landscape gardening but on his legislative accomplishments.
		Morrill enlarged the house significantly in 1859 with the addition of an entrance porch and dining room bay window on the front, and a library wing on the rear.
	www.dhca.state.vt.us /HistoricSites/html/morrill.html (1432 words)

	2004 Justin Smith Morrill Lecture
		It was not the Morrill Act of 1862 alone that brought sweeping change to the American educational landscape.
		If Justin Morrill returned today, he would be justifiably proud of not only the land-grant higher education system that he created, but the impact it has had on our nation and, indeed, the world.
		Morrill’s vision from the 19th century, powerful as it has been, must be adapted, reinvigorated and reconceptualized for the 21st century.
	www.csrees.usda.gov /about/speeches/04_morrill.html (3613 words)

	Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act
		The Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Acts are pieces of US legislation which allowed for the creation land-grant universities, which would be funded by the grant of federally-controlled land to each of the states.
		The Morrill Act was first proposed by Representative Justin Smith Morrill[?] in 1857.
		The second Morrill Act was signed by President Lincoln on July 2, 1862.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mo/Morrill_Act.html (190 words)

	Shrine to Justin Smith Morrill
		The genius of the Morrill Act was two-fold, in accord with its two governing principles: the equality of opportunity, and the utility of knowledge.
		Morrill in 1861, and those of us who knew him well here know with what pertinacity he pursued every subject that was near his heart.
		The web is full of references to Justin Morrill and the Morrill Act, but if you want to get a handle on the state of the land-grant tradition, the best place to start is with the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges.
	www.ndsu.nodak.edu /instruct/isern/morrill.htm (1335 words)

	Edward S. Morrill and Justin S. Morrill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Justin Morrill was born in Strafford in 1810 in very humble surroundings, the son of a flsmith.
		By 1866, Justin Morrill had amassed enough power and favors that he was elected by Vermont state legislators to fill the open U.S. Senate seat and he served in the upper body for another 31 years until his death in 1898.
		Justin Morrill established a reputation as one of Vermont key leaders and the state is dotted with tributes to him, including his mansion and a highway near Strafford.
	www.stumpranchonline.com /skagitjournal/SkagitCtyRiv/Library/S-W/MorrillEdward.html (2316 words)

	Morrill County NEGenWeb Project
		The County of Morrill, Nebraska, as well as the Town of Morrill, Nebraska were named after Charles Henry Morrill, a prominent Nebraska citizen who lived in the second half of the nineteenth century into the early part of the twentieth century.
		Charles Henry Morrill is a descendent of the Puritans of New England.
		Morrill collected thousands of American Indian specimens in the course of his dealings with the local tribes, and these were donated to the University Museum.
	www.rootsweb.com /~nemorril/history/charleshmorrill.html (926 words)

	VHS:Justin Smith Morrill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A native of Strafford, Vermont, the son of a flsmith, Morrill was a self-made man. Born in 1810, he went off to Maine in 1828 to clerk at a general store.
		Nonetheless Morrill had a high regard for learning, founded a subscription library in 1827, helped start a lyceum in Vermont in 1831, began to acquire his own library in the 1830s, and when he traveled west in 1841, kept a careful record of his observations.
		Morrill died in office in 1898, with thirty-one years of service in Congress, one of the longest congressional careers in American history.
	www.vermonthistory.org /sherman/morrill.htm (676 words)

	Morrill Act of 1890
		Justin Smith Morrill of Vermont introduced the Morrill Act, also known as the Land Grant College Act.
		Congress passed the First Morrill Act of 1862, which gave to every state that had remained in the Union a grant of 30,000 acres of public land for every member to its congressional delegation based on the 1860 census.
		Finally on August 30, 1890, congress passed the Second Morrill Act, which specified that states that maintained separate colleges for different races had to propose a just and equitable division of the funds to be received under the act.
	www.arches.uga.edu /~jschell/history/legis/morrill.htm (846 words)

	Adapting Justin Morrill's Vision to a New Century: The Imperative of Change
		To me Justin Morrill is one of America's great heroes, whose impact on our democracy and way of life has been quite profound for now 142 years.
		If Justin Morrill returned today, he would be justifiably proud of not only the land-grant higher education system that he created, but the impact it has had on our nation and, indeed, the world.
		Morrill's vision from the 19th century, powerful as it has been, must be adapted, reinvigorated, and reconceptualized for the 21st century.
	www.purdue.edu /UNS/html3month/2004/041114.Jischke.mrl.html (3362 words)

	Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act : Morrill Act of 1890 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Dad and Dave had risen and were mountain was clothed in mist, or if any fragrance came from the was picking splinters off the slabs of his hut to start his fire with, barker.
		Smith trained him to it to keep the wallabies off.
		Smith used to branches, and leave him there all night.
	www.termsdefined.net /mo/morrill-act-of-1890.html (356 words)

	Morill - Senate Years of Service: 1817-1823. Party: Democratic Republican. MORRIL, David Lawrence, a Senator from New ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Morril was instructed in religion as a child.
		Morrill 2005: `Geometry of Language and Linguistic Circuitry', to appear in P. Casadio and R. Fadda and Morrill 2005: `The Lambek Calculus with Brackets', to appear in P. Shrine to Justin Smith Morrill.
		Morrill is a town in Waldo County, incorporated on March 3, 1855 from a portion of Belmont.
	www.destarter.com /Morrill/Morill.html (517 words)

	Morrill Hall
		Funding was approved twenty years later and it was decided that the building would be named for Justin Smith Morrill, who had sponsored the bill establishing the Land-Grant College system.
		In addition to the museum, library, and chapel, Morrill Hall housed the armory and laboratory and classrooms for the Department of Zoology, Entomology, and Geology.
		Morrill Hall continued to serve its original purpose for a number of years, but by 1910, the Zoology Department was requesting new space.
	www.lib.iastate.edu /spcl/exhibits/Morrill/history.html (374 words)

	1890
		Morrill was born in 1810 at Strafford, Vermont.
		Morrill won election to the House of Representatives in 1854 as a Whig in an election that was split three ways.
		Morrill was an early Republican and was elected by the Vermont legislature in 1866 to the Senate where he served until his death in 1898.
	www.tandl.vt.edu /socialstudies/hicks/cjohnsto/1890.htm (7433 words)

	United States Great American Issue Justin Smith Morrill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		One of Vermont’s most historic figures, Justin Smith Morrill, was honored on July 17 with a new 55-cent postage stamp issued by the U.S. Postal Service during a ceremony at the Morrill homestead in Strafford.
		Morrill's contribution helped changing the face of education in the country by making sure there would be money to finance educational facilities and there would be continual government support of these institutions.
		Morrill was the chief proponent of the Land Grant Acts of 1862 and 1890, which provided for the endowment and support of the land grant colleges, the forerunners of many state universities.
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	M.A.C. - Morrill Hall
		Kedzie recommended that it be named in honor of Sen. Justin Morrill (see below), who had recently passed away, and it seems likely that this suggestion was taken to heart by the Board.
		Justin Smith Morrill (1810-1898), while serving as U.S. Representative from Vermont, was the chief sponsor of the Land Grant Act of 1862.
		Morrill is quite rightly known as the "father of the land-grant institutions," and more than a dozen buildings have been named for Morrill at land-grant schools around the nation.
	www.kevinforsyth.net /ELMI/morrill-hall.htm (967 words)

	Morrill Hall: Iowa State University
		The building memorializes Senator Justin Smith Morrill, author of the historic 1862 Morrill Act that established the land-grant university system and philosophy of opportunity and access.
		Morrill Hall is an important historic symbol of Iowa State's land-grant legacy and mission that, with this project, will directly benefit students and enhance an Iowa State education with innovative programs.
		Morrill Hall's renovation will provide academic resources to students and faculty and help Iowa State recruit outstanding graduate students and faculty who are interested in effective teaching methods.
	www.iastate.edu /morrill/02/faq.shtml (535 words)

	Senator Justin Smith Morrill State Historic Site - www.HistoricVermont.org/Morrill
		The lifetime of Senator Justin Smith Morrill nearly spanned the 19th century, and many of the qualities that distinguish that American century were represented in the accomplishments of this self-educated native of Strafford, Vermont.
		Designed and built by Justin Morrill before embarking upon his political career, he borrowed and adapted forms and details of the Gothic Revival to suit his own needs and vision.
		Senator Justin Smith Morrill's prominence, however, is not based on architecture and landscaping, but on his legislative accomplishments.
	www.historicvermont.org /morrill (434 words)

	Justin Morrill Junkie: NMSU's Vice President Owens Digs Dirt, Surfs Net for Hobby
		Justin Smith Morrill was born in 1801, the son of a flsmith.
		Morrill ran a general store in Strafford and then turned to farming before he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1855.
		It was there that he sponsored the Morrill Land-Grant College Act of 1862, which created the nation's land-grant university system that boasts at least one university in each state.
	www.cahe.nmsu.edu /news/1999/121799_MORRILL.html (991 words)

	Justin S. Morrill--Father of the Land-Grant Colleges: A Book Review
		To those in Extension, the name of Justin Morrill is held in as much veneration as that of Seaman Knapp.
		Morrill, however, is best remembered for his efforts to provide federally supported education to the common people and to ensure that emancipated slaves would have access to the same educational opportunities as others.
		Morrill should also be remembered for his contributions to remaking Washington, D.C. during the period of reconstruction.
	www.joe.org /joe/2000october/tt1.html (931 words)

	JUSTIN SMITH MORRILL (... - Online Information article about JUSTIN SMITH MORRILL (...
		Morrill is probably best known as the author of the See also:
		A similar bill was introduced by Morrill on the 16th of December 1861, and five months after-wards was presented to the Senate by See also:
		life." In 1890 Morrill introduced in the Senate the so-called " Second Morrill Act," under which $25,00o is given annually by the Federal government to each of the " land-grant " colleges.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /MOL_MOS/MORRILL_JUSTIN_SMITH_18101898_.html (822 words)

	Justin Smith Morrill and Ruth Barrell Swan
		Justin Smith Morrill was perhaps the most well-known of his surname.
		He was a Whig who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1855 to 1867, and the U.S. Senate from 1867 until his death in 1898.
		In 1999, the U.S. Postal Service issued a 55 cent stamp commemorating the contributions of Justin Smith Morrill to the history of the country.
	www.morrillonline.com /html/MorrillJustinSmith-1810-1898.html (204 words)

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