IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 859 
Honoring Hampden-Sydney College on the 250th anniversary of its founding. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 4, 2025 
Mr. MCGUIRE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring Hampden-Sydney College on the 250th anniversary 
of its founding. 
Whereas November 10, 2025 marks the 250th anniversary of 
the founding of Hampden-Sydney College, among the Na-
tion’s oldest colleges and the oldest privately chartered 
college in the southern United States; 
Whereas Hampden-Sydney College was brought into being by 
the love of liberty and was founded on the eve of the 
American Revolution with the mission ‘‘to form good men 
and good citizens’’ who would be equipped to lead a new 
Republic; 
Whereas the College’s namesakes, John Hampden and 
Algernon Sidney, were English Parliamentarians in the 
17th century who gave their lives for the cause of rep-
resentative government and civil and religious freedom 
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•HRES 859 IH 
and were heroes to the College’s founders, among them 
Patrick Henry and James Madison, who were also found-
ers of our nation; 
Whereas such State and nationally important institutions as 
the Union Theological Seminary and the Medical College 
of Virginia, which became part of Virginia Common-
wealth University, had their origins at Hampden-Sydney 
College; 
Whereas Hampden-Sydney College offers its liberal arts cur-
riculum ‘‘in an atmosphere of sound learning’’, valuing 
the development of both intellect and moral character, a 
rigorous rhetoric program, freedom of expression, civil 
discourse, diversity of thought, and life-long learning; 
Whereas Hampden-Sydney College has remained true to its 
mission and values, maintaining a unique place in Amer-
ican higher education and continuing to educate young 
men who go on to make important and worthwhile con-
tributions to society and our nation; 
Whereas Hampden-Sydney College has consistently produced 
outstanding and consequential leaders and practitioners 
in such fields as politics, law, medicine, science, business, 
education, religion, arts and culture, and the military; 
Whereas the Union-Philanthropic Literary Society, the sec-
ond-oldest college debating society in America, among 
whose earliest members were Edward Henry, Patrick 
Henry’s eldest son, and future president William Henry 
Harrison, continues to flourish at Hampden-Sydney Col-
lege; and 
Whereas Hampden-Sydney College is pursuing an ambitious 
future for this storied institution so that it will thrive for 
another 250 years: Now, therefore, be it 
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•HRES 859 IH 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) celebrates the 250th anniversary of Hamp-
den-Sydney College’s founding; 
(2) reminds this, and future generations, of the 
relevance and importance of Hampden-Sydney Col-
lege’s vital mission and its enduring commitments to 
civic responsibility, character and virtue, rhetoric, 
freedom of expression, and civility; and 
(3) recognizes Hampden-Sydney College’s innu-
merable contributions to the Commonwealth of Vir-
ginia and the United States of America through its 
commitment to liberal arts education, its numerous 
distinguished alumni, and its enduring mission ‘‘to 
form good men and good citizens’’ who will lead and 
support a free and just society. 
Æ 
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