Justin Smith Morrill
Subtitle: father of the land-grant colleges
By: Coy F. Cross II.
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: East Lansing
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Morrill, Justin S. 1810-1898.; United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.; Legislators -- United States -- Biography.; State universities and colleges -- United States -- History.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Justin 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 then the Senate Finance Committee, influenced American economic policy for nearly fifty years."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-156) and index.