Franklin College / Cornerstone of Civil Rights

Franklin College / Cornerstone of Civil Rights (HM1IGV)

Location: Cadiz, OH 43907 Harrison County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 11.252', W 80° 59.748'

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Franklin College
Alma Academy
One of Ohio's earliest colleges, Alma College (earlier known as Alma Academy) was founded in 1818 and became Franklin College in 1825. Its founders were primarily of Scots-Irish descent who had settled in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio and were of the Presbyterian faith. Many nineteenth-century national and international leaders attended this school, including 8 U.S. Senators, 9 U.S. Representatives, 32 State Legislators, and 2 Governors. Notables include John Bingham, author of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and chief prosecutor of President Abraham Lincoln's assassins; Civil War General George W. McCook; Ohio Supreme Court Justice John Welch; and Joseph Ray, publisher of the universally popular school text Ray's Arithmetic. The slavery question bitterly divided the school, and its enrollment declined in the years following the Civil War. Franklin College closed in 1921, and its charter was later transferred to Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio.

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Cornerstone of Civil Rights
John Bingham, Franklin College class of 1837, was the primary author of Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Fourteenth Amendment protects the privileges and immunities of American citizens and guarantees due process of law and equal protection. Bingham later wrote to Franklin College classmate and friend, Reverend Titus Basfield, a former slave, "In the Fourteenth Amendment I sought to obtain for all human beings, including the long oppressed members of your race, the precious rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This means due process of law whereby the judicial system must look benignly at a person's attempt to seek redress of wrong to his immortal rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
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HM NumberHM1IGV
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Marker Number3-34
Year Placed2003
Placed ByOhio Bicentennial Commission, The International Parper Company Foundation, and The Ohio Historical Society
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Date Added Sunday, December 21st, 2014 at 9:03pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 500357 N 4448571
Decimal Degrees40.18753333, -80.99580000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 11.252', W 80° 59.748'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 11' 15.12" N, 80° 59' 44.88" W
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Area Code(s)740
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 193 OH-9, Cadiz OH 43907, US
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