succeeded jr/sr party office preceded term_end term term_start article_title state name
jonathan ross vacant robert c. schenck united states senator whig , republican chairman house committee on ways and means member of the of the house republican conference chairman of the luke p. poland inaugural holder thaddeus stevens march 3 , 1867 march 3 , 1867 march 4 , 1867 -- december 28 , 1898 march 4 , 1863 march 4 , 1865 justin smith morrill
 vermont justin smith morrill
justin smith morrill

justin smith morrill -lrb- april 14 , 1810december 28 , 1898 -rrb- was a representative -lrb- 1855 -- 1867 -rrb- and a senator -lrb- 1867 -- 1898 -rrb- from vermont , most widely remembered today for the morrill land-grant colleges act that established federal funding for establishing many of the united states ' public colleges and universities .
he was one of the founders of the republican party .
