18th Century Whig-Clio Notable Alumni
21 Thursday Mar 2013
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William Paterson, Clio (founder), Class of 1763. Founded the Cliosophic Society. Founding Father, signer of the Constitution, second governor of New Jersey, Supreme Court Justice. (source)
Tapping Reeve, Clio (founder), Class of 1763. Founded the Cliosophic Society. Founder of the first law school in the United States. (source)
Oliver Ellsworth, Clio (founder), Class of 1766. Founded the Cliosophic Society. Founding Father, drafter of the Constitution, drafter of the Judiciary Act of 1789, third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. (source)
Luther Martin, Clio (founder), Class of 1766. Founded the Cliosophic Society. Founding Father, delegate to the Constitutional Convention, prominent Anti-Federalist. (source)
Samuel Stanhope Smith, Whig (founder), class of 1769. Founded the American Whig Society. Philosopher, seventh President of Princeton University. (source)
John Beatty, Whig (founder), class of 1769. Founded the American Whig Society. Revolutionary War veteran, Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly. (source)
John Henry, Whig (founder), class of 1769. Founded the American Whig Society. Senator, eighth Governor of Maryland. (source)
James Madison, Whig (founder), Class of 1771. Founded the American Whig Society. Federalist Papers author, Father of the Constitution, fourth President of the United States.
Philip Freneau, Whig (founder), Class of 1771. Founded the American Whig Society. Coauthored the first American novel while at Princeton. The Poet of the American Revolution. (source)
Hugh Henry Brackenridge, Whig (founder), Class of 1771. Founded the American Whig Society. Coauthored the first American novel while at Princeton. Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice. (source)
Aaron Burr, Clio (founder), Class of 1772. Founded the Cliosophic Society. Revolutionary War veteran, New York Senator, third Vice-President of the United States. (source)
William Bradford, Whig (founder), Class of 1772. Founded the American Whig Society. Argued the first recorded case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Second Attorney General of the United States under George Washington. (source)
Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee, Whig (originally Clio), Class of 1773. Revolutionary War veteran, ninth Governor of Virginia, orator at George Washington’s funeral. Father of Robert E. Lee. (source)
Aaron Ogden, Clio, Class of 1773. United States senator, fifth governor of New Jersey. (source)
Henry Brockholst Livingston, Whig, Class of 1774. Revolutionary War veteran, associate Supreme Court justice. (source)