Jeffry H. Morrison is associate professor of government at Regent University and a faculty member at the federal government’s James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation in Washington, D.C. He is co-editor of The Founders on God and Government.
"Jeffry Morrison's fine intellectual biography of the man—and the
first extended study of Witherspoon's political thought ever
written. . . . Morrison focuses his attention upon Witherspoon's
thinking, especially his political thought, so much of it rooted in
his Presbyterian convictions.... Morrison makes a strong, and
entirely convincing, case for Witherspoon's neglected importance."
—The Weekly Standard
"Jeffry Morrison's brief, excellent new book, John Witherspoon and
the Founding of the American Republic, both testifies to and partly
redresses the neglect Witherspoon has suffered. Witherspoon was a
formidable intellectual and political leader whose role in the
affairs of colonial and early republican America deserves wider
recognition." —The New Criterion
"... engaging and enthusiastic study of John Witherspoon....
Morrison deserves much commendation for his efforts." —Perspectives
on Politics
"It is strange but true that scholars have had to wait so long for
an adequate study of John Witherspoon's place in the American
founding, especially given the breadth of his involvement and his
excellent reputation among the more famous statesmen of the period.
Jeffry H. Morrison's book remedies this deficit and is likely to
become the standard work on Witherspoon's political thought and
career." —History: Journal of the Historical Association
“John Witherspoon, a Scottish Presbyterian minister who came to
America in 1768 to be president of the College of New Jersey
(Princeton), is the latest candidate for inclusion among the
Founding Fathers. Jeffry H. Morrison argues that any one of
Witherspoon’s three careers—pastor, college president, and
politician—should have guaranteed him the ‘prominent and lasting
place in American history that he has been denied.’” —The
Washington Times
“Morrison's study goes a long way toward remedying the lack of
attention paid to Witherspoon. His book is not a biography,
although it does contain much biographical information, as much as
a study of Witherspoon's thought, particularly his political
thought.” —American Historical Review
“Assessing the stature of any political theorist, is a difficult
task, particularly for a neglected one in the American context.
Morrison deserves much commendation for his efforts.” —Perspectives
on Politics
“In this brief but thoughtful study, [Morrison] asserts that John
Witherspoon, the only clergyman to sign the Declaration of
Independence, has been overlooked as an important founder of the
American republic. Indeed, Jeffry H. Morrison's book is not a
full-length biography. It is an analysis of Witherspoon's political
thought from his arrival in America in 1768, when he became the
president of the College of New Jersey, to his role in supporting
the Constitution in 1787.” —Historian
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