caption death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
clinton lawrence rossiter july 11 , 1970 ithaca , new york philadelphia , pennsylvania american september 18 , 1917 mary ellen crane rossiter clinton rossiter
 clinton lawrence rossiter historian , political scientist , professor at cornell university
clinton rossiter

clinton rossiter -lrb- 1917 -- 1970 -rrb- was a historian and political scientist who taught at cornell university from 1947 until his suicide in 1970 .
he wrote `` the american presidency '' along with 20 other books on american institutions , the united states constitution , and history .
he won the bancroft prize and the woodrow wilson foundation award for his book `` seedtime of the republic '' .
