Madison College was an educational institution in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, operated by the Methodist Episcopal Church.
[3] Henry Bidleman Bascom was the first president, 1827–29, and Charles Elliott (languages) and John H. Fielding (mathematics) were the first professors.
[9] Thomas Brownfield Searight,[10][11] William H. Barclay,[12] and James F. Dayton[13] also attended the college, and Wilton B. Goff was a professor of mathematics and natural science.
[18] The college's final session occurred in fall 1857, with George Brown serving as president and John Deford (an alumnus of the college), William Campbell, and Amos Hutton serving as faculty for the several dozen students enrolled.
[19] The growing division between north and south over the issue of slavery, plus the establishment of some additional religiously affiliated colleges in the southern states that attracted southern money and students, contributed significantly to the demise of Madison College.