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The Morrill Act was first proposed by Representative Justin Smith Morrill of Vermont in 1857 and was passed by Congress in 1859, but it was vetoed by President James Buchanan . In 1861 Morrill resubmitted the act with the amendment that the proposed institutions would teach military tactics as well as engineering and agriculture. Aided by the secession of many states that did not support the plans, this reconfigured Morrill Act was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on July 2 , 1862 .

Under the act, each eligible state received a total of 30,000 Acre s (121 km²) of federal land, either within or contiguous to its boundaries, for each member of congress the state had as of the census of 1860. This land, or the proceeds from its sale, was to be used toward establishing and funding the educational institutions described above. Under provision six of the Act, "No State while in a condition of rebellion or insurrection against the government of the United States shall be entitled to the benefit of this act," in reference to the recent American Civil War .

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With a few exceptions, nearly all of the Land-Grant Colleges are public.

MORRILL LAND GRANT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Note: of the 106 Land-Grant institutions, all but two (the Community College of Micronesia, and Northern Marianas College) are members of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC). The 31 tribal colleges of 1994 are represented as a system by the single membership of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium.

denotes Historically Black Colleges And Universities .

Alabama

--- Alabama A&M University ---

--- Auburn University

--- Tuskegee University ---

Alaska

--- University Of Alaska System

American Samoa

--- American Samoa Community College

Arizona

--- University Of Arizona

Arkansas

--- University Of Arkansas At Fayetteville

--- University Of Arkansas At Pine Bluff ---

California

--- University Of California, Davis

Colorado

--- Colorado State University

Conneticut

--- Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

--- University Of Connecticut

Delaware

--- Delaware State University

--- University Of Delaware

District of Columbia

--- University Of The District Of Columbia

Florida

--- Florida A&M University ---

--- University Of Florida

Georgia

--- Fort Valley State University ---

--- University Of Georgia

Guam

--- University Of Guam

Hawaii

--- University Of Hawaii

Idaho

--- University Of Idaho

Illinois

--- University Of Illinois

Indiana

--- Purdue University

Iowa

--- Iowa State University

Kansas

--- Kansas State University

Kentucky

--- Kentucky State University ---

--- University Of Kentucky

Lousiana

--- Louisiana State University System

--- Southern University And A&M College ---

Maine

--- University Of Maine

Maryland

--- University Of Maryland Eastern Shore ---

--- University Of Maryland, College Park

Massachusetts

--- Massachusetts Institute Of Technology

--- University Of Massachusetts, Amherst

Michigan

--- Michigan State University

Minnesota

--- University Of Minnesota

Mississippi

--- Alcorn State University ---

--- Mississippi State University

Missouri

--- Lincoln University ---

--- University Of Missouri System

Montana

--- Montana State University

Nebraska

--- University Of Nebraska

Nevada

--- University Of Nevada, Reno

New Hampshire

--- University Of New Hampshire

New Jersey

--- Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey

New Mexico

--- New Mexico State University

New York

--- Cornell University

North Carolina

--- North Carolina A&T State University ---

--- North Carolina State University

North Dakota

--- North Dakota State University

Ohio

--- The Ohio State University

Oklahoma

--- Langston University ---

--- Oklahoma State University

Oregon

--- Oregon State University

Pennsylvania

--- The Pennsylvania State University

Puerto Rico

--- University Of Puerto Rico At Mayagüez

Rhode Island

--- University Of Rhode Island

South Carolina

--- Clemson University

--- South Carolina State University ---

South Dakota

--- South Dakota State University

Tennessee

--- Tennessee State University ---

--- University Of Tennessee

Texas

--- Prairie View A&M University ---

--- Texas A&M University

Utah

--- Utah State University

Vermont

--- University Of Vermont

Virgin Islands

--- University Of The Virgin Islands

Virginia

--- American Indian Higher Education Consortium

--- Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University

--- Virginia State University ---

Washington

--- Washington State University

West Virginia

--- West Virginia University

--- West Virginia State University ---

Wisconsin

--- University Of Wisconsin-Madison

Wymoning

--- University Of Wyoming

Source: National Association Of State Universities And Land-Grant Colleges {Link without Title}

SEE ALSO

National Association Of State Universities And Land-Grant Colleges

Hatch Act Of 1887

Smith Lever Act Of 1914

United States Department Of Agriculture

USDA Cooperative State Research Service

EXTERNAL LINKS

Morrill Act and related resources at the Library of Congress