Morrill, Justin Smith

(1801–98) U.S. representative; born in Strafford, Vt. Son of a blacksmith, he ran a general store in Strafford (1831–48), turned to farming, then went to the U.S. House of Representatives (Whig, Rep., Vt.; 1855–67). A member of the Ways and Means Committee, he sponsored the Land-Grant College Act of 1862, providing public lands for agricultural colleges. In the Senate (Rep., 1867–98) he provided funds for their survival in the Second Morrill Act of 1880.

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