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In 1848 Horace Mann was elected to Congress to fill the unexpired vacancy caused by the death of John Quincy Adams. Four years later he became president of Antioch College, at Yellow Springs, in Ohio, and here he died on the second day of August in the year 1859, at the age of sixty three.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=whRQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA728 Presbyterian Banner, Volume 89]</ref>

In 1848 Horace Mann was elected to Congress to fill the unexpired vacancy caused by the death of John Quincy Adams. Four years later he became president of Antioch College, at Yellow Springs, in Ohio, and here he died on the second day of August in the year 1859, at the age of sixty three.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=whRQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA728 Presbyterian Banner, Volume 89]</ref>

In 1865, a statue was dedicated to Horace Mann, opposite a statue of [[Daniel Webster]].<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1865/07/06/news/a-statue-of-horace-mann-regatta-on-the-charles-river.html A Statue of Horace Mann Regatta on the Charles River], [[The New York Times]]</ref>

In 1865, a statue was dedicated to Horace Mann, opposite a statue of [[Daniel Webster]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1865/07/06/news/a-statue-of-horace-mann-regatta-on-the-charles-river.html A Statue of Horace Mann Regatta on the Charles River], [[The New York Times]]</ref>

According to [[John Dewey]], Mann is a "patron saint of progressive education".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=t7QTC8NuGL8C&pg=PA181 John Dewey, The Later Works, 1925-1953, Volume 11]</ref>

According to [[John Dewey]], Mann is a "patron saint of progressive education".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=t7QTC8NuGL8C&pg=PA181 John Dewey, The Later Works, 1925-1953, Volume 11]</ref>