John Hemphill (U.S. senator) in the late 1850s to the newly founded Wilberforce College in Ohio, considered a "training ground" for abolitionists before the Civil War. John Hemphill was a cousin of Charles Hare Hemphill, Lord Hemphill through his father, The Reverend John Hemphill. Hemphill and Hemphill County, Texas, are named after him. John Hemphill (U.S. senator) John Hemphill (December 18, 1803 – January 4, 1862) was an American politician and jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas from 1841 to 1846 and of the Supreme Court of Texas until 1858, and a United States senator
Glenn Poshard "Southern Illinois University President Glenn Poshard announced July 25, 2013 that he will retire after the 2013-14 school year, according to the school’s board of trustees." The Morthland College Board of Trustees voted unanimously to hire Poshard as the president of Morthand College effective Monday, February 13, 2017. Glenn Poshard Glendal William Poshard (born October 30, 1945 in Herald, Illinois) is a former Illinois State Senator, U.S. Congressman, gubernatorial candidate, and president of the Southern Illinois University system. Glenn Poshard is a three-degree graduate of Southern Illinois University. He received a bachelor's degree in secondary education in 1970, a master's