William Tecumseh Vernon was an educator, minister, and bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. He also served as president of Western University beginning in 1896 and Register of the Treasury from 1906 to 1911. Vernon was born to former slaves in Missouri on July 11, 1871. Most likely Vernon was named after Union general […]
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