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June 20, 1770

Moses Waddel

In a half century of teaching, Moses Waddel taught some of the most influential and important statesmen of the 19th century. Born in North Carolina in 1770, he began teaching at age 14. He moved to Georgia briefly but left to attend Hampden Sydney College in Virginia and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister. After […]

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Three of the five candidates in the 1924 presidential election were former students of Waddel. Both the winner, Andrew Jackson, and Vice President, John C. Calhoun had been Waddel students.