Question: Who appointed the governor under which Robert Witherspoon worked?
SPARQL query: SELECT DISTINCT ?uri WHERE { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Robert_Witherspoon> <http://dbpedia.org/ontology/governor> ?x . ?x <http://dbpedia.org/property/appointer> ?uri  . }
Answer: [James Madison] is the appointer of the governor of Robert Witherspoon.