William Mitchel Daily served as the third president of Indiana University

Indiana University

Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...

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Professional Background

Professor at St. Charles College

St. Charles College

St. Charles College may refer to:* St. Charles College, a Catholic seminary school in Ellicott City, Maryland,* St. Charles College , a now defunct Methodist college in St. Charles, Missouri...

, Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives

Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives

The election of William Linn as Chaplain of the House on May 1, 1789, continued the tradition established by the Continental Congresses of each day's proceedings opening with a prayer by a chaplain. The early Chaplains alternated duties with their Senate counterparts on a weekly basis, covering the...

(1844–1845), trustee of Indiana University (1853)

Tenure at Indiana University

After serving one and a half days as a Trustee of Indiana University, the Reverend William Daily was elected IU’s third president on August 2, 1853. He resigned under pressure on January 26, 1859.