U.S. Senator Adonijah Welch (R-Florida)

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). April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... State nickname: Sunshine State Other U.S. States Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville (largest metropolitan area is Miami) Governor Jeb Bush (R) Senators Bill Nelson (D) Mel Martinez (R) Official language(s) English Area 170,451 km² (22nd)  - Land 137,374 km²  - Water 30,486 km² (17. ... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ... Iowa State University (ISU) is a public land-grant university and space-grant university located in Ames, Iowa. ...

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. He spent about a year participating in the California Gold Rush of 1849. Welch served as the first principal of Michigan State Normal School (now Eastern Michigan University) from 1851 to 1865. In 1859, he married Eunice P. Buckingham and they had three children. East Hampton is a town located in Middlesex County, Connecticut. ... Jonesville is a village in Fayette Township, Hillsdale County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... University of Michigan, Ann Arbor The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (U-M) is a public coeducational university in Michigan, United States. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... A bar association is a professional body of lawyers who, in some jurisdictions, are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A California Gold Rush handbill The California Gold Rush was a period in American history marked by mass hysteria concerning a gold discovery in Northern California. ... Eastern Michigan University (EMU) is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. ... 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ...

In 1865, Welch moved to Pensacola, Florida and eventually to Jacksonville, Florida for unspecified health reasons. There, he established a lumber mill and engaged in orange growing. His wife, Eunice, died in 1867 and, in 1868, he married Mary Beaumont Dudley with whom he had two more children. This article is about the inland city of Pensacola. ... The Jacksonville skyline and the Acosta Bridge. ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

As part of the post-Civil War Reconstruction, Florida was readmitted to the United States in 1868 and Welch was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Republican. He served in the Senate for less than nine months but declined renomination, opting instead to become the first president of Iowa State Agricultural College. He served as college president from 1869 to 1883 before resigning. In the history of the United States, reconstruction was the period after the American Civil War when the states of the breakaway Confederacy were reintegrated into the United States of America. ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States (the other being the Democratic Party). ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

From 1885 until his death, Welch served as a psychology professor at Iowa State. In 1889, he died at his summer home in Pasadena, California. Adonijah Welch is interred at Iowa State College Cemetery in Ames, Iowa. 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Psychology (ancient Greek: psyche = soul or mind, logos/-ology = study of) is an academic and applied field involving the study of mind and behavior. ... A professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) (prof for short) is a senior teacher, lecturer and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... Pasadena is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... Bales of hay on a farm near Ames, Iowa Ames is a city located in Story County, Iowa. ...

See also

• List of United States Senators from Florida
• U.S. Congressional Delegations from Florida
• Iowa State University notables

Florida was admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845. ... These are tables of congressional delegations from Florida to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. ... Buildings of Iowa State University is a list of notable buildings and landmarks at Iowa State University, as well as persons associated with such structures. ...

External links

• Congressional Biography
• Iowa State e-Library
• From American National Biography, published by Oxford University