Explore: The Morrill Act

The Morrill Act of 1862 (12 Stat. 503 (1862) later codified as 7 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.) was enacted during the American Civil War, and the Morrill Act

Justin Smith Morrill (April 14, 1810 – December 28, 1898) was an American politician and entrepreneur who represented Vermont in the United States House

The Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act (37th United States Congress, Sess. 2., ch. 126, 12 Stat. 501) was a federal enactment of the United States Congress that

The Morrill Act of 1862 provided land in the western parts of North America that states sold to fund new or existing colleges and universities. The law

under the name Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama) Tuskegee University (private) Though Alabama A&M is Alabama's official 1890 Morrill Act institution

S. Morrill Tower, also known as The Towers, Morrill Tower or Lincoln Tower are two undergraduate residential houses at Ohio State University. The Towers

universities founded under the Morrill Act of 1862, with few exceptions. Many stations founded under the Hatch Act later became the foundations for state cooperative

did not have the authority to legislate morals in the states. In 1862, the Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act became law. The act criminalized the practice of polygamy

Vermont Senator Justin Morrill and signed by President Abraham Lincoln., the Morrill Act (12 Stat. L., 305) is considered to be the first federal attempt

religious organizations. This changed in 1890 with the U.S. Congress' passage of the Second Morrill Act, which required segregated Southern states to provide