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May 4, 1796, Franklin, MA
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Went to Brown University and studied in law
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Served as a representative in the Massachusetts state legislature
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Served as Massachusetts state senator; signed into law the bill that created the first state board of education in the United States
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Horace became the first secretary of the State Board of Education in Massachusetts
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He started a biweekly journal, Common School Journal, in 1838
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the first several Massachusetts state-sponsored schools were established in Lexington
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August 2, 1859, Yellow Springs, OH
