Alumni of private liberal arts college in Chestertown, Maryland
Washington College is a private liberal arts college in Chestertown, Maryland, which is on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The college was founded in 1782 by William Smith, but is the successor institution to the earlier Kent County Free School which was founded in 1732.[1] Modern college classes – freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior – were introduced in the 1870s by President William Rivers.[2] At the same time, a class called sub-freshmen was created for students that did not meet the requirements to be freshmen. The college continued to admit sub-freshmen to the preparatory department until 1924.[3]
Washington College experienced major fires in 1827[4] and 1916[5] that destroyed most of the school's records. Because of this, it is impossible to know how many students graduated before 1916 and which years people graduated.[5] However, it is known that 218 students graduated between 1845 and 1903[6] and, that in 1910, the college had 113 students enrolled.[7] The college has continued to grow since then. In 1952, the college more than doubled its enrollment to 350 students.[8] Between the 1950s and 1970s, the college doubled its enrollment again to 800 students in 1972. Since the 1970s, the college has close to doubled the 1972 enrollment with 1,480 students enrolled in 2019.[9]
^Wright was admitted to the bar in 1773. His Senate biography and The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography (1899, p. 297) mention that he graduated from Washington College before he was admitted to the bar, but the school was not chartered until 1782 (Dumschott 1980, p. 10). Wright probably attended the predecessor institution, the Kent County Free School.
^Vickers was admitted to the bar in 1832. Lanman (1868, p. 395) mentions there was a substantial gap between Vickers's formal education and his bar membership.
^Wickes transferred from Washington College to Princeton University where he graduated in 1845.
^Rasin was elected to the Baltimore City Democratic executive committee in 1864. Brugger (1988, p. 385) does not mention how long the gap was between his education and political career.
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^Stowe's Clerical Directory of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (1950 ed.). New York: The Church Hymnal Corporation. 1950. p. 325.
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