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William Henry Hatch

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  • Birth

    Birth
    William Hatch is born near Georgetown, Kentucky

  • Became a Lawyer

    Admitted to the Bar

  • Civil war

    Fought with the confederate army in the Civil War

  • Commissioned Officer

    Hatch was made a commissioned captain of the confederacy during the civil war

  • The Hatch Act of 1877

    The Hatch Act of 1877
    With the Hatch act land grant colleges are given 15,000 dollars to fund agriculture experiment stations.

  • U.S. House of Representatives

    Elected to the U.S. house of Representatives in Missouri's 12th district
  • Period: to

    Congress

    Served as chairman to the committee of agriculture in congress

  • U.S. House of Representatives

    elected to the U.S House of Representatives from Missouri's 1st district.

  • Death

    Died near Hannibal, MO.