John Wheelock (1754-1817) was the eldest son of Eleazar Wheelock, the founder and first president of Dartmouth College; he later became the College’s second president. 1754 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, Congregational minister, orator, educator, and founder of Dartmouth College, was born on April 22, 1711, in Windham, Connecticut to Ralph Wheelock and Ruth Huntington. ... For other uses of the name Dartmouth, see Dartmouth Dartmouth College is a private university in Hanover, New Hampshire, and a member of the Ivy League. ...

As a Young Man

John Wheelock was born in Lebanon, Connecticut on January 28, 1754, the son of Eleazar Wheelock, the director Moor's Indian Charity School (chartered 1754), and Mary Brinsmead Wheelock. Though he began his higher education at Yale, Wheelock followed his father to Hanover, New Hampshire when his father founded Dartmouth, and completed his studies there, where was a member of the College’s inaugural graduating class in 1771. Lebanon is a town located in New London County, Connecticut. ... January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For other uses, see Yale (disambiguation). ... Dartmouth Colleges Baker Library is a prominent feature at the center of Hanover Located on the Connecticut River in the state of New Hampshire, United States, Hanover has a population of 10,850. ... 1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1776, Wheelock became a leader of the United Committees, a group of disgruntled New Hampshire citizens angry at their lack of representation in the state legislature and the distance of the state capital; in retaliation for these slights, Wheelock and others led twelve New Hampshire towns to secede from the state and attempt to join Vermont. The next year, 1777, as the Revolutionary War raged, Wheelock briefly served in New York and Vermont as a Lieutenant Colonel in Colonel Bedel's Vermont regiment. He carried on correspondence with, among others, George Washington. This article is about the year 1776. ... State nickname: The Granite State Other U.S. States Capital Concord Largest city Manchester Governor John Lynch (D) Official languages English Area 24,239 km² (46th)  - Land 23,249 km²  - Water 814 km² (3. ... State nickname: The Green Mountain State Other U.S. States Capital Montpelier Largest city Burlington Governor Jim Douglas (R) Official languages None Area 24,923 km² (45th)  - Land 23,974 km²  - Water 949 km² (3. ... 1777 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen of her North American colonies. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... George Washington, (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) is one of the most famous Americans (see Father of the Nation[1]). He was a gentleman farmer who became an American general and Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) and later the first...

Presidency of Dartmouth College

Upon his father’s death in 1779, John Wheelock assumed the presidency of the College, despite the fact that he was neither an academic nor a minister. 1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

During his almost forty years as Dartmouth’s president (1779-1815), Wheelock oversaw the construction of Dartmouth Hall and the founding of Dartmouth Medical School, the fourth-oldest medical school in the country; he also maintained the College’s fiscal solvency throughout the Revolutionary War, mainly through the Vermont legislature’s grant of 23,000 acres in Wheelock, Vermont. Dartmouth Medical School is the medical school of Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire. ... Wheelock, Vermont Wheelock is a town located in Caledonia County, Vermont. ...

During the latter half of Wheelock’s tenure, he became embroiled in a dispute with Dartmouth’s Board of Trustees. Wheelock proceeded to convince the governor of New Hampshire to fill the Board with supporters and turn Dartmouth College into a state-controlled “Dartmouth University.” The original, private Board resisted and eventually sued. The case, Dartmouth College v. Woodward, went through various judicial courts, before the United States Supreme Court decided in the Board’s favor in 1819, the result of a brilliant peroration by Dartmouth alumnus Daniel Webster, class of 1801, who had, ironically, graduated under Wheelock’s tenure. However, by this time, Wheelock, who had been forced out of the presidency in 1815 by failing health and poor relations with the Board, had died. He was succeeded by Francis Brown. Trustees of Dartmouth College vs. ... Seal of the Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest federal court in the United States of America. ... Daniel Webster Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was a United States Senator and Secretary of State. ... 1801 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Francis Brown (December 26, 1849 - ), American Semitic scholar, was born in Hanover, New Hampshire. ...

Wheelock died on April 4, 1817 and is buried near his father in the cemetery in Hanover, NH. April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ...

External Links

• Dartmouth on President Wheelock

• Service in the Revolutionary War

• Role in the New Hampshire Rebellion

• The Founding and Early Years of Dartmouth College