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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. His most important achievement in his long career was the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862, which donated land eventually establishing over 106 agricultural colleges. This legislation simultaneously enhanced the country's ability to industrialize its economy and gave working class families the opportunity of higher education. 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. Additional information available.[3]  US Postage Stamp of Congressman Justin Smith Morrill. He was US congressman from Vermont for 43 years, responsible for passage of the Morrill Land-Grant College Act, signed into law by Abraham Lincoln in 1862. This legislation established the country's land grant colleges or "aggies." CHILDREN
FOOTNOTES [1]Vermont, Secretary of State, General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951). [2]1860 US Census , Straffort VT, p. 407. [3]Annie Morrill Smith, Morrill Kindred in America, Volume 2 (New York: Grafton Press, 1931), 211. [4]Vermont VR, electronic library [note 1]. [5]ibid. [6]ibid. |
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