| LC control no. | no2015068350 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Welch, A. S. (Adonijah Strong), 1821-1889 |
| Biography/History note | Adonijah Strong Welch (April 12, 1821-March 14, 1889) was a United States Senator from Florida and the first president of Iowa State Agricultural College (now Iowa State University). Welch also served as the first principal of Michigan State Normal School (now Eastern Michigan University). Born in East Hampton, Connecticut, Welch moved to Jonesville, Michigan in 1839 and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1846. Welch was admitted to the bar in 1847 and became a high school principal in 1849. In 1859, he married Eunice P. Buckingham and they had three children. Eunice died in 1867. In 1868 Welch married Mary Beaumont Dudley with whom he had two more children. In 1889, he died at his summer home in Pasadena, California. Adonijah Strong Welch is interred at Iowa State College Cemetery in Ames, Iowa. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adonijah_Welch> |
| Birth date | 18210412 |
| Death date | 18890314 |
| Place of birth | East Hampton (Conn.) |
| Place of death | Pasadena (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Education |
| Affiliation | Michigan State Normal School United States. Congress. Senate Iowa Agricultural College Iowa State College |
| Profession or occupation | Educators Legislators--United States |
| Found in | Object lessons prepared for teachers of primary schools and primary classes: title page (by A.S. Welch, principal of Michigan State Normal School) Biographical directory of the United States Congress, WWW site, viewed May 18, 2015: WELCH, Adonijah Strong, 1821-1889 (born in East Hampton, Conn., April 12, 1821; high school principal 1847-1849; principal of the Michigan State Normal School, Ypsilanti, Mich., 1851-1865; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate on June 17, 1868, and served until March 3, 1869; declined renomination to accept the presidency of the Iowa State Agricultural College at Ames, Iowa, and served from 1869 to 1883; professor of psychology and history in the Iowa State Agricultural College, 1885-1889; was an author and engaged in educational work; died in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif., March 14, 1889) <http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000261> |
| Associated language | eng |
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