John Witherspoon

John Witherspoon (February 5, 1723 – November 15, 1794) was a Scottish-AmericanPresbyterian minister and a Founding Father of the United States. Witherspoon embraced the concepts of Scottish common sense realism, and while president of the College of New Jersey (1768–1794; now Princeton University), became an influential figure in the development of the United States' national character. Politically active, Witherspoon was a delegate from New Jerseyto the Second Continental Congress and a signatory to the July 4, 1776, Declaration of Independence. 
Category:Last Name Witherspoon
Category:Born 1723
Category:Died 1794