Lafayette College is a private liberal arts college based in Easton, Pennsylvania, with a campus in New York City, New York. Founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter (son of General Andrew Porter of Norristown, Pennsylvania) and the citizens of Easton, the school first held classes in 1832.[8] The founders voted to name the school after General Lafayette, who famously toured the country in 1824–25, as "a testimony of respect for [his] talents, virtues, and signal services... in the great cause of freedom".[8] Lafayette is considered a Hidden Ivy[9] as well as one of the northeastern Little Ivies.[10]