Episode 2 of 3

Mann Appointment

When: September 1852
Where: Yellow Springs, Ohio
Part of: Antioch College founded in Yellow Springs, Ohio, with Horace Mann as first president

Horace Mann was chosen as president of Antioch College in September 1852, the same day he was nominated for governor.

In September 1852, Horace Mann was nominated for governor of Massachusetts by the Free Soil Party. On the same day, he was chosen as president of the newly established Antioch College at Yellow Springs, Ohio.

Sources

Horace Mann Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-03

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