Arjit Singh is from India.
Andrew Gray -LRB- died 1849 -RRB- was a Democratic-Republican politician , a member of the Delaware Senate from 1817 to 1821 .. Democratic-Republican. Democratic-Republican. Delaware Senate. Delaware Senate. He was from Mill Creek Hundred , in New Castle County .. Mill Creek Hundred. Mill Creek Hundred. New Castle County. New Castle County. He was a trustee of the Academy of Newark , and in 1817 sponsored a bill to allow it to raise $ 50,000 by lottery in order to raise funds to establish a college .. Academy of Newark. Academy of Newark. The lottery did not go ahead , and in January 1821 Gray sponsored a second bill to establish a college , as `` Delaware College '' , to be funded by a tax on steamboats and stagecoaches .. The prospect of these new taxes was exceptionally unpopular , and Gray was defeated by an anti-college `` Independent Democratic '' ticket in the 1821 elections by a 2-1 margin .. When Newark College was finally established in 1833 , his three sons were sent there .. He was appointed president of the trustees in 1839 , succeeding Thomas Clayton , and was replaced by Eliphalet Wheeler Gilbert in April 1841 .. Thomas Clayton. Thomas Clayton. After being ousted as president , he sought an investigation of the fledgling college , accusing the trustees of financial mismanagement .. On February 14 , 1843 , he presented a petition , stating that the college had been effectively taken over by the New School Presbyterians , and that it was heavily in debt .. New School Presbyterians. New School Presbyterians. In order to allow it to survive into the future , he argued , it should be closed until the income from the endowment was sufficient to maintain it ; otherwise , the endowment fund would quickly be spent on operating costs until there was nothing left .. After some debate ; his petition was rejected , and the college remained open .