Clinton College was a private college in
New Middleton,
Smith County, Tennessee
Smith County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 19,904. Smith County is located in the region of the state known as Middle Tennessee. Its cou ...
. It was established in 1830 as Porter's Hill Academy.
History
Clinton College was founded as a college for young men by Francis Haynes Gordon in 1830 as Porter's Hill Academy and assumed the final name in 1833. By February 1842 Clinton College had failed.
[James X. Corgan,]
Francis Haynes Gordon
" ''The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture'', Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville, Tennessee, 1998.
Notable alumni
*
Edmund Pettus
Edmund Winston Pettus (July 6, 1821 – July 27, 1907) was an American lawyer, politician and military officer who represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1897 to 1907. He served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Ar ...
*
Simon Pollard Hughes, Jr.
Simon P. Hughes, Jr. (April 14, 1830 – June 29, 1906) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as the 15th governor of Arkansas from 1885 to 1889. He previously served as an officer of the Confederate States Army in the Weste ...
References
1830 establishments in Tennessee
1842 disestablishments in Tennessee
Buildings and structures in Smith County, Tennessee
Defunct private universities and colleges in Tennessee
Education in Smith County, Tennessee
Educational institutions established in 1830
Educational institutions disestablished in 1842
{{Tennessee-university-stub