From 1822 to 1849, Augusta College was located in

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in Bracken County. It was formed when the Bracken Academy and

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churches of

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and

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joined. Augusta College was the third Methodist college founded in the United States. Its first president was Martin Ruter, D.D. It usually had enrollment of about 175–305 pupils.

Notable alumni and faculty

* Henry Bidleman Bascom (1796–1850), religious circuit rider, U.S. Congressional Chaplain, Methodist Bishop, professor at Augusta College, college president, editor * James H. Brown (1818–1900), Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court * Orville Hickman Browning (1806–1881), member of the

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;

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* Alexander William Doniphan (1808–1887), was a 19th-century American attorney, soldier and politician from Missouri who is best known today as the man who prevented the

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, founder of the

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. *

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(1800–1876), Chaplain of the Senate, President of Dickinson College * John Gregg Fee (1816–1901), abolitionist and founder of

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* Edward J. Gay (1816–1889) and Edward White Robertson (1823–1887), both of whom went on to become United States representatives from

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Randolph S. Foster
, minister and later president of Northwestern University (IL) and Drew University (NJ) * John Miley, professor of theology at Drew University * Charles Clark, 24th Governor of Mississippi. *

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(1822–1883), Territorial Delegate to Congress from

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* Bela M. Hughes (1817–1902), Lawyer and Colorado pioneer * Charles S. Lewis (1821–1878), U.S. Representative from Virginia * Francis Asbury Morris (1817–1881), Attorney General of the

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and circuit riding minister. * Elijah Phister, U.S. Congressman from Kentucky * William H. Wadsworth, U.S. Congressman from Kentucky * Waitman T. Willey (1811–1900), U.S. Senator from West Virginia

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Notable alumni and faculty

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