John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon
John Knox Witherspoonwas a Scottish-American Presbyterian 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, became an influential figure in the development of the United States' national character. Politically active, Witherspoon was a delegate from New Jersey to the Second Continental Congress and a signatory to the July 4, 1776, Declaration of Independence. He was the only active clergyman and the only...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 February 1723
CountryUnited States of America
If I couldn't stand Skylab, ... I definitely couldn't stand the sight of people jumping out of windows and then letters with anthrax postmarked from Trenton.