Robert L. Stanton
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Robert L. Stanton | |
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| President of Miami University | |
| In office 1866–1871 | |
| Preceded by | John W. Hall |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Dousa Hepburn |
| Moderator of the 78th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. | |
| In office 1866–1867 | |
| Preceded by | John Cameron Lowrie |
| Succeeded by | Phineas Densmore Gurley |
| 2nd President of Oakland College | |
| In office November 1851 – 1854 | |
| Preceded by | Jeremiah Chamberlain |
| Succeeded by | James Purviance |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Lodowick Stanton March 28, 1810 Preston, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | May 23, 1885 (aged 75) Aboard Nevada |
| Relatives | Henry B. Stanton (brother) Elizabeth C. Stanton (sister-in-law) |
| Education | Lane Seminary Princeton University |
| Occupation | Theologian, educator |
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Robert Lodowick Stanton[a] D.D. (March 28, 1810 – May 23, 1885) was an American Presbyterian minister, educator and college administrator. He served as president of Miami University of Ohio from 1868 to 1871. He also served as president of Oakland College in Mississippi.
Robert Lodowick Stanton was born on March 28, 1810, in Preston, Connecticut, the son of Joseph Stanton (1780–1828) and Susan M. (née Brewster) Stanton (1781–1853).[2] His father manufactured woolen goods and traded with the West Indies.[3] Robert's older brother was Henry Brewster Stanton, who became a journalist and abolitionist, publishing widely in New York and abolitionist newspapers, and lecturing on the abolitionist circuit.[4] Henry married Elizabeth Cady, who became a leader on issues of temperance, women's rights and suffrage, as well as abolition.[5]
Robert Stanton studied at the Oneida Institute in Whitesboro, New York, which he left with the so-called Lane Rebels for the Lane Theological Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio, from which he graduated. He earned his D.D. degree from Princeton University.
