A defunct private college for young men in antebellum Tennessee, established 1830 and closed by 1842.
Clinton College was established in 1830 as Porter's Hill Academy by Francis Haynes Gordon, a private college for young men. The institution assumed its final name, Clinton College, in 1833. However, the college faced financial difficulties and had failed by February 1842, ceasing operations after just over a decade of existence.
The college produced notable graduates including Edmund Pettus and Simon Pollard Hughes, Jr., though limited biographical details are available in the historical record.