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To: Pharmboy
John Witherspoon was certainly a compelling voice of the Revolutionary era. Do you happen to know the other Founders/Framers he influenced?
18 posted on 06/17/2012 7:01:43 AM PDT by Jacquerie (No court will save us from ourselves)
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To: Jacquerie
Indeed he was (as well as a direct ancestor of the actress Reese Witherspoon). He strongly influenced Madison and Burr, as well as dozens of future congressmen and judges (including Supreme Court appointees).

But he also was the most prominent face of Calvinism as represented by the Presbyterian Church in this country. '... Prime Minister Horace Walpole said in Parliament, "Cousin America has run off with a Presbyterian parson" (John Witherspoon, president of Princeton, signer of Declaration of Independence)'.

The Presbyterians and the Congregationalists (in NE), played a large role in catalyzing the Revolution (another Presbyterian minister, James Caldwell in NJ, used pages of the bible as wadding when that became scarce for the troops defending Springfield).

There are some that say that without Calvin, there would be no USA. And full disclosure from me: I am not a Presbyterian, although my grand daughter did just graduate from a Presbyterian Church Pre-K.

23 posted on 06/17/2012 12:09:44 PM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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