John Witherspoon

John Knox Witherspoon (1723 - 1794) was 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 (1768–94; now Princeton University), 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 college president to sign the Declaration. Later, he signed the Articles of Confederation and supported ratification of the Constitution. In 1789 he was Convening Moderator of the First General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America.…more

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	How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe’s Poorest Nation Created our World & Everything in It by Arthur Herman 3.94 avg rating — 6,866 ratings — published 2001 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scotland's Empire, 1600 - 1815 by T.M. Devine 3.98 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2003 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scotland Farewell: The People of the Hector by Donald Mackay 3.83 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1980 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John Witherspoon and the Founding of the American Republic: Catholicism in American Culture by Jeffry H. Morrison 4.04 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2005 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John Witherspoon's American Revolution by Gideon Mailer really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John Witherspoon by David Walker Woods Jr. 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1906 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Princeton University by Don Oberdorfer 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1995 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wealth of the Nation: Scotland, Culture and Independence by Cairns Craig 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2018 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Piety of John Witherspoon: Pew, Pulpit and Public Forum by L. Gordon Tait 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2000 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Religious Formation of John Witherspoon: Calvinism, Evangelicalism, and the Scottish Enlightenment by Kevin DeYoung (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2020 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars