List of American Whig–Cliosophic Society members

The Cliosophic Society, 1889.

Following is a list of notable members of the American Whig–Cliosophic Society. Individuals are sorted by category and alphabetized within each category.

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Politics and government

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Name Known for Affiliation
Samuel Alito 110th Supreme Court Justice. unknown, Class of 1972. President of the Whig-Clio Debate Panel.[1]
John Beatty Revolutionary War veteran, Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly. Whig (founder), class of 1769. Founded the American Whig Society.[2]
Hugh Henry Brackenridge Coauthored the first American novel while at Princeton. Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice. Whig (founder), Class of 1771. Founded the American Whig Society.[3]
William Bradford Argued the first recorded case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Second Attorney General of the United States under George Washington. Whig (founder), Class of 1772. Founded the American Whig Society.[4]
James Buchanan Senator, Secretary of State, Fifteenth President of the United States. Whig (honorary), inducted 1820.[5][6]
Aaron Burr Revolutionary War veteran, New York Senator, third Vice-President of the United States. Clio (founder), Class of 1772. Founded the Cliosophic Society.[4]
Ted Cruz Senator, Texas Clio, Class of 1992.
George M. Dallas Senator from Pennsylvania, eleventh Vice-President of the United States. Clio, Class of 1810.[7]
Mitch Daniels Forty-ninth Governor of Indiana. unknown, Class of 1971.[8]
Allen Welsh Dulles Diplomat, second Director of the Council on Foreign Relations, first civilian CIA Director. Whig, Class of 1914.[9]
John Foster Dulles As Secretary of State, one of the most famous diplomats of the 20th century. Whig, Class of 1908.[10][11]
Oliver Ellsworth Founding Father, drafter of the Constitution, drafter of the Judiciary Act of 1789, third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Clio (founder), Class of 1766. Founded the Cliosophic Society.[4]
Edward Everett U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, the fifteenth Governor of Massachusetts, Minister to Great Britain, and United States Secretary of State. Clio (honorary), inducted 1836.[5][12]
John Henry Senator, eighth Governor of Maryland. Whig (founder), class of 1769. Founded the American Whig Society.[13]
Andrew Jackson Seventh President of the United States. Whig (honorary), inducted 1838.[5]
Thomas Kean Speaker of the New Jersey Assembly, forty-eighth Governor of New Jersey, chaired the 9/11 Commission. unknown (presumed Clio), Class of 1957.[14]
Light-Horse Harry Lee Revolutionary War veteran, ninth Governor of Virginia, orator at George Washington’s funeral. Father of Robert E. Lee. Whig (originally Clio), Class of 1773.[15]
Henry Brockholst Livingston Revolutionary War veteran, associate Supreme Court justice. Whig, Class of 1774.[16]
James Madison The Federalist Papers co-author, Father of the United States Constitution, Co-Father of its Bill of Rights, fourth President of the United States. Whig (founder), Class of 1771. Founded the American Whig Society.
Luther Martin Founding Father, delegate to the Constitutional Convention, prominent Anti-Federalist. Clio (founder), Class of 1766. Founded the Cliosophic Society.[17]
James Monroe Founding Father, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, Fifth President of the United States. Clio (honorary), inducted 1817.[5]
Ralph Nader Political activist, presidential candidate. unknown, Class of 1955.[18]
Aaron Ogden United States senator, fifth governor of New Jersey. Clio, Class of 1773.[16]
William Paterson Founding Father, signer of the Constitution, second governor of New Jersey, Supreme Court Justice. Clio (founder), Class of 1763. Founded the Cliosophic Society.[4]
Claiborne Pell Senator (longest-serving senator in Rhode Island’s history), author of the Federal Pell Grant program. unknown (presumed Whig), class of 1940.[19]
Paul S. Sarbanes Senator (longest-serving senator in Maryland’s history), co-sponsor of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act. unknown, Class of 1954.[20]
Adlai Stevenson II Thirty-first governor of Illinois, fifth Ambassador to the United Nations (during the Cuban Missile Crisis), two-time presidential candidate. Whig, Class of 1922.[21]
Norman M. Thomas Pacifist, six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America. Whig, Class of 1905.[22]
Woodrow Wilson Professor, thirteenth President of Princeton, thirty-fourth Governor of New Jersey, twenty-eighth President of the United States. Wilson delivered his famous speech, “Princeton in the Nation’s Service,” as a representative of the American Whig Society.[23] Whig (Speaker), Class of 1879. Speaker (president) of the American Whig Society, contributor to the Nassau Literary Magazine. Later, as a professor, coached the Whig-Clio debate team.[17][24]
William Wirt Ninth Attorney General (longest serving in American history), arguing in Gibbons v. Ogden, McCulloch v. Maryland, and Worcester v. Georgia. Clio (honorary), inducted 1819.[5]
Charles W. Yost U.S. Ambassador to Laos, Syria and Morocco, ninth Ambassador to the United Nations. Whig, Class of 1928.[25]

Academia

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Name Known for Affiliation
Jeremiah Day Fifth President of Yale University. Clio (honorary), inducted 1817.[5]
Samuel Eusebius McCorkle A pioneer of public and private education in colonial and independent America, progenitor and inceptor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Clio, class of 1772.[26]
Eliphalet Nott Fourth President of Union College. Clio (honorary), inducted 1816.[5]
Joseph S. Nye, Jr. One of the most influential international relations scholars of the 20th century (pioneered the concept of soft power). unknown, Class of 1958.[27]
John Rawls One of the most influential political philosophers of the 20th century. unknown, class of 1943. First treasurer of Whig-Clio’s Madison Debating Society.[28]
Tapping Reeve Founder of the first law school in the United States. Clio (founder), Class of 1763. Founded the Cliosophic Society.[29]
Samuel Stanhope Smith Philosopher, seventh President of Princeton University. Whig (founder), class of 1769. Founded the American Whig Society.[30]
Woodrow Wilson Professor, thirteenth President of Princeton, thirty-fourth Governor of New Jersey, twenty-eighth President of the United States. Wilson delivered his famous speech, “Princeton in the Nation’s Service,” as a representative of the American Whig Society.[23] Whig (Speaker), Class of 1879. Speaker (president) of the American Whig Society, contributor to the Nassau Literary Magazine. Later, as a professor, coached the Whig-Clio debate team.[17][24]

Literature and Journalism

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Name Known for Affiliation
Hugh Henry Brackenridge Coauthored the first American novel while at Princeton. Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice. Whig (founder), Class of 1771. Founded the American Whig Society.[3]
F. Scott Fitzgerald One of the most famous American authors of the 20th century. Whig, Class of 1917. Contributor to the Nassau Literary Magazine.[31][32]
Philip Freneau Coauthored the first American novel while at Princeton. The Poet of the American Revolution. Whig (founder), Class of 1771. Founded the American Whig Society.[4]
Ramesh Ponnuru Senior editor for the National Review. Unknown, Class of 1995[33]
Booth Tarkington One of only three novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once. unknown, Class of 1893. Contributor to the Nassau Literary Magazine.[34]
Mark Twain One of the most influential American authors of the 19th century. Clio (honorary), inducted 1901.[35]
Stan Lee Among the most influential creators of Comic Books. Clio (honorary), inducted (unknown).[36]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Alito '72 nominated for Supreme Court seat - The Daily Princetonian". Archived from the original on 2009-05-19.
  2. ^ "Daily Princetonian 23 February 1925 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
  3. ^ a b "Brackenridge, Hugh Henry". princeton.edu.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Daily Princetonian Special Class of 1991 Issue 27 July 1987 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Thomas Spencer Harding (1971). College literary societies: their contribution to higher education in the United States, 1815–1876. Pageant Press International. ISBN 9780818102028. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  6. ^ Harding 1971, page 39
  7. ^ "Daily Princetonian – Special Class of 1979 Issue 25 July 1975 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
  8. ^ "Notable Alumni". princeton.edu. 2016-02-02.
  9. ^ "Daily Princetonian 31 March 1911 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
  10. ^ "Daily Princetonian 2 May 1905 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
  11. ^ "Daily Princetonian 19 May 1905 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
  12. ^ Harding 1971, page 40
  13. ^ "Daily Princetonian 23 February 1925 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
  14. ^ Alvin S. Felzenberg (12 May 2006). Governor Tom Kean: From the New Jersey Statehouse to the 9-11 Commission. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-3799-3. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  15. ^ "Lee, Henry". princeton.edu.
  16. ^ a b "Culpable Carelessness.; COMMENCEMENT AT PRINCETON. Centennial of the Cliosophic Society-- Interesting Proceedings". The New York Times. 1865-06-29.
  17. ^ a b c "Daily Princetonian Special Class of 1971 Issue 15 June 1967 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
  18. ^ Nancy Bowen (1 April 2002). Ralph Nader: Man With a Mission. Millbrook Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-7613-2365-5. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  19. ^ "Founder of Pell Grants dies at 90 - The Daily Princetonian". Archived from the original on 2009-01-22.
  20. ^ "Daily Princetonian 14 May 1952 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
  21. ^ "Daily Princetonian – Special Class of 1979 Issue 25 July 1975 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
  22. ^ "Daily Princetonian – Special Class of 1979 Issue 25 July 1975 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
  23. ^ a b "Alumni Princetonian 22 October 1896 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
  24. ^ a b McKean, Dayton D. (1930). "Woodrow Wilson as a debate coach". Quarterly Journal of Speech. 16 (4): 458–463. doi:10.1080/00335633009360910.
  25. ^ "Town Topics 12 June 1969 — Princeton Periodicals".
  26. ^ Harrison, Richard (1980). Princetonians, 1769–1775: A Biographical Dictionary. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 245. ISBN 9781400856527.
  27. ^ "Daily Princetonian 7 January 1958 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
  28. ^ "Daily Princetonian 12 April 1940 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
  29. ^ "Cliosophic Society Records (AC016) – Cliosophic Society Records". princeton.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-07-08.
  30. ^ "Daily Princetonian 11 December 1929 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
  31. ^ "Daily Princetonian 15 October 1913 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
  32. ^ "Daily Princetonian Special Class of 1971 Issue 15 June 1967 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
  33. ^ http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2006/10/11/16144/ [dead link‍]
  34. ^ "Daily Princetonian Special Class of 1971 Issue 15 June 1967 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
  35. ^ "ONLY 368 SINS, SAYS MARK TWAIN". New York Sun. New York. 1901-05-10. p. 1. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
  36. ^ "Nerdist Podcast #14: Stan Lee". Nerdist.
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