Silas Totten (March 26, 1804 – October 7, 1873)was an American academic and college president. He served as the third President of

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from 1837 to 1848. He then served as Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy at the

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in Virginia from 1849 to 185

He was the second President of the

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, serving from 1859 to 1862.

External links

Finding aid for the Silas Totten Papers
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Libraries.
Finding aid for the Silas Totten Papers
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. Presidents of the University of Iowa 1804 births 1873 deaths {{US-academic-administrator-stub College of William & Mary faculty