To: traditionalist; justshutupandtakeit; x; William McKinley; PatrickHenry; betty boop
traditionalist, you asked justsh' who listed some of the Founding Fathers: "I am not aware of any document or speach or anything in which any of men you mention praised Locke's philosophy. Do you have an example?
From what I've see, I doubt that Hamilton was much of a Locke fan; I don't know about Madison. But J. Adams and Jefferson credited him well. Also, David Barton has recently asserted that the most often referenced sources for their political philosophy by the founding fathers were Locke and the Bible.
Here is documentation that should help to accurately place Locke among the influential minds upon which our American political philosophy is based: