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Was John Witherspoon Part of politics during the revolutionary war?
He served on over 100 committees, most notably the powerful standing committees, the board of war and the committee on secret correspondence or foreign affairs.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
At the age of 68, he married a 24-year-old bride, with whom he had two more children.
Did he ever join congress or anything political during the war?
Witherspoon served in Congress from June 1776 until November 1782.

Question: What else was his role in the Revolutionary War?
Self-contained rewrite: What else was John Witherspoon's role in the Revolutionary War other than serving on over 100 committees?