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Shortly after the end of the | Shortly after the end of the American Civil War, members of the First Congregational Society of Washington considered establishing a theological seminary for the education of black clergymen. Within a few weeks, the project expanded to include a provision for establishing a university. Within two years, the university consisted of the colleges of liberal arts and medicine. The new institution was named for General [[Oliver Otis Howard]], a Civil War hero who was both the founder of the university and, at the time, commissioner of the [[Freedman bureau|Freedmen's Bureau]]. Howard later served as president of the university from 1869 to 1874.<ref name="official_history">{{cite web |url=http://www.howard.edu/explore/history.htm |title=Brief History of Howard University |publisher=Howard.edu |access-date=October 19, 2009|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150117120246/http://www.howard.edu/explore/history.htm|archive-date=January 17, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=The Semi-Centennial of Howard University |journal=Howard University Record |date=March 1916 |volume=10 |issue=2 |url=https://archive.org/details/howardunivers16howa/mode/2up}}</ref> | ||
The U.S. Congress chartered Howard on March 2, 1867, and much of its early funding came from endowment, private benefaction and tuition. (In the 20th and 21st centuries, an annual congressional appropriation, administered by the [[United States Department of Education|U.S. Department of Education]], funds Howard University and Howard University Hospital.)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www2.ed.gov/programs/howard/index.html |title=U.S. Department of Education funding of Howard University|date=April 22, 2014}}</ref> | The U.S. Congress chartered Howard on March 2, 1867, and much of its early funding came from endowment, private benefaction and tuition. (In the 20th and 21st centuries, an annual congressional appropriation, administered by the [[United States Department of Education|U.S. Department of Education]], funds Howard University and Howard University Hospital.)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www2.ed.gov/programs/howard/index.html |title=U.S. Department of Education funding of Howard University|date=April 22, 2014}}</ref> | ||