Professors were elected at Beloit College.

The evidence

• “The departments of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy are illustrated by some valuable apparatus, - In addition to the gentleman before named, there have been associated with him as teachers in the professorships of the college, the following, in addition to the professors elected in 1847:”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/06-beloit.md, PDF p. 79 / book p. 61

  Guernsey, Orrin, and Josiah F. Willard, editors. History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute. Janesville, Wis.: William M. Doty & Brother, 1856. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871593.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources