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==History== [[File:Entrance to Tarleton State University Picture 2230.jpg|right|thumb|Entrance sign to Tarleton State University in [[Stephenville, Texas]]]] [[File:Tarleton State University August 2017 03 (Tarleton Center).jpg|thumb|right|Tarleton Center]] '''John Tarleton College''' was founded in 1887 with an endowment from settler [[John Tarleton (American settler)|John Tarleton]].<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|last=Guthrie|first=Chris|title=John Tarleton - Tarleton State University|url=https://www.tarleton.edu/library/crosstimbers/collections/tsucollection/TAN00040P.html|access-date=2020-07-31|website=www.tarleton.edu|language=en}}</ref> John Tarleton died on September 11, 1895, and left part of his estate—mostly property—to be sold to “erect, endow and maintain” The John Tarleton College. Texas Governor Charles Allen Culberson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction James McCoy Carlisle and Erath County Judge Thomas B. King were named as trustees. {{Copyvio|timestamp=20240930150956 |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/mcilhany-marshall}}On March 12, 1896, they appointed McIlhany principal, instructed him to open the college on September 7, 1899, and pay himself from tuition because the Tarleton estate lacked sufficient cash on hand. On July 3, 1897, trustees unanimously “continued” McIlhany “as President of College on same terms as year 1896–1897.” On January 11, 1898, to assist in local management of the college, trustees established a board of directors in Stephenville that re-elected McIlhany in February 1898, but trustees declined to ratify that action. On March 22, 1898, trustees Culberson and Carlisle elected William Herschel Bruce as second president of The John Tarleton College, and McIlhany left Stephenville that summer. From 1898 to 1903 he served as the first president of Goodnight College, near Goodnight, Texas.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/mcilhany-marshall | title=McIlhany, Marshall }}</ref>{{copyvio/bottom}} In 1917, U.S. Senator and Stephenville resident [[Henry W. Clark (1881-1959)|Henry Clark]] co-authored and presented legislation establishing '''John Tarleton Agricultural College''' as a member of the [[Texas A&M University system]], certifying the Junior College within the Educational System of Texas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Legislative Reference Library {{!}} Legislation {{!}} HB 598, 35th R.S. history |url=https://www.lrl.texas.gov/legis/BillSearch/billdetails.cfm?legSession=35-0&billTypeDetail=HB&billNumberDetail=598 |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=www.lrl.texas.gov}}</ref> In 1949, it was again renamed '''Tarleton State College''' then became a four-year degree-granting institution in 1959. Tarleton gained status as a university in 1973 adopting its current name, '''Tarleton State University'''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Past Presidents - Office of the President|url=http://www.tarleton.edu/president/pastpresidents.html|access-date=2020-07-30|website=Tarleton State University|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2003 it began offering doctoral programs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tarleton State University: An Overview {{!}} Tarleton State University|url=http://catalog.tarleton.edu/undergrad/tarletonstateuniversityanoverview/|access-date=2020-07-30|website=catalog.tarleton.edu}}</ref>
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