That legislation granted 30,000 acres of land to each state for every Congressional representative for the creation of many agricultural colleges.
As chairman of the Senate Building Committee, this man oversaw the construction of the Library of Congress, which was completed one year before his death. This man, who was replaced in the Senate by Jonathan Ross, was a three-time chairman for the Senate Committee on Finance. Governor Patrick Connor was actively ordered not to enforce one law named for this man. That law presaged the Edmunds Act and would later be upheld in the Supreme Court case U.S. vs Reynolds. Â He also names a protectionist (*) tariff that which raised rates by as much as seventy percent and enraged the British on the eve of the Civil War. Â The most well-known piece of legislation named for this man modified the Turner Bill and was initially condemned by Wisconsin representative, John Potter. That legislation granted 30,000 acres of land to each state for every Congressional representative for the creation of many agricultural colleges. Â For 10 points, name this Vermont senator, the namesake of an 1862 land grant act.
As chairman of the Senate Building Committee, this man oversaw the construction of the Library of Congress, which was completed one year before his death.
Justin Smith Morrill