From 1822 to 1849, Augusta College was located in Augusta, Kentucky in

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. It was formed when the

Bracken Academy From 1822 to 1849, Augusta College was located in Augusta, Kentucky in Bracken County. It was formed when the Bracken Academy and Methodist churches of Ohio and Kentucky joined. Augusta College was the third Methodist college founded in the Unite ...

and

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churches of

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and

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joined. Augusta College was the third Methodist college founded in the United States. Its first president was Martin Ruter, D.D. It usually had enrollment of about 175–305 pupils.

Notable alumni and faculty

Henry Bidleman Bascom Henry Bidleman Bascom (1796–1850) was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1850. He also distinguished himself as a circuit rider, pastor and Christian preacher; as chaplain to the U.S. House of Representat ...

(1796–1850), religious circuit rider, U.S. Congressional Chaplain, Methodist Bishop, professor at Augusta College, college president, editor * James H. Brown (1818–1900), Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court *

Orville Hickman Browning Orville Hickman Browning (February 10, 1806 – August 10, 1881) was an attorney in Illinois and a politician who was active in the Whig Party (United States), Whig and Republican Party (United States), Republican Parties. He is notable fo ...

(1806-1881), member of the

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Alexander William Doniphan Alexander William Doniphan (July 9, 1808 – August 8, 1887) was a 19th-century American attorney, soldier and politician from Missouri who is best known today as the man who prevented the summary execution of Joseph Smith, founder of the Church ...

(1808-1887), was a 19th-century American attorney, soldier and politician from Missouri who is best known today as the man who prevented the

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, founder of the

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. *

John Price Durbin John Price Durbin (October 10, 1800 - October 18, 1876) was an American Methodist clergyman and educator who served as Chaplain of the United States Senate from 1831 to 1832 and president of Dickinson College from 1833 to 1844. Early life Durbi ...

(1800-1876), Chaplain of the Senate, President of Dickinson College *

John Gregg Fee John Gregg Fee (September 9, 1816 – January 11, 1901) was an abolitionist, minister and educator, the founder of the town of Berea, Kentucky, The Church of Christ, Union in Berea (1853), Berea College (1855), the first in the U.S. South with ...

(1816-1901), abolitionist and founder of Berea College * Edward J. Gay (1816-1889) and

Edward White Robertson Edward White Robertson (June 13, 1823 – August 2, 1887) was a United States representative from Louisiana. He was also the father of Samuel Matthews Robertson. Early years He was born near Nashville, Tennessee. Robertson moved with his paren ...

(1823–1887), both of whom went on to become

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Randolph S. Foster
minister and later president of Northwestern University (IL) and Drew University (NJ) *

John Miley John Miley (25 December 1813–13 December 1895) was an American Methodist Episcopal minister and theologian, who was one of the major Methodist theological voices of the 19th century. Biography Early life Miley was born the 25 December 1813 ...

, professor of theology at Drew University * Charles Clark, 24th Governor of Mississippi. *

Selucius Garfielde Selucius Garfielde (December 8, 1822 – April 13, 1883) was an American lawyer and politician who was a Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Territory of Washington for two terms, serving from 1869 to 1873. Early life ...

(1822-1883), Territorial Delegate to Congress from Washington Territory *

Bela M. Hughes Bela Metcalfe Hughes (April 6, 1817 – October 3, 1902) was an American lawyer, businessman and politician. Hughes played an important role in connecting the American West to the rest of the country with stagecoach lines, as well as in the early ...

(1817-1902), Lawyer and Colorado pioneer *

Charles S. Lewis Charles Swearinger Lewis (February 26, 1821 – January 22, 1878) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia. Biography Born in Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), Lewis attended local schools and Ohio University at Athens. He graduated fro ...

(1821 - 1878), U.S. Representative from Virginia *

Francis Asbury Morris Francis Asbury Morris (1817 – 1881) was an attorney general of the Republic of Texas. He subsequently left the practice of law and became a Methodist minister. Morris was born in Ohio in 1817 to Thomas Asbury Morris, later a Methodist bishop, an ...

(1817 – 1881), Attorney General of the

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and circuit riding minister. *

Elijah Phister Elijah Conner Phister (October 8, 1822 – May 16, 1887) was a United States representative from Kentucky. He was born in Maysville, Kentucky. He attended the Seminary of Rand and Richardson in Maysville, Kentucky and was graduated from Augus ...

, U.S. Congressman from Kentucky * William H. Wadsworth, U.S. Congressman from Kentucky *

Waitman T. Willey Waitman Thomas Willey (October 18, 1811May 2, 1900) was an American lawyer and politician from Morgantown, West Virginia. One of the founders of the state of West Virginia during the American Civil War, he served in the United States Senate r ...

(1811-1900), U.S. Senator from West Virginia

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