Of the four hundred and sixty-nine graduates of the College from 1769 to 1794, one hundred and fourteen became ministers of the gospel, of whom seventy-five were graduated from 1769 to 1776. After the war began, the candidates for the ministry were much fewer in number in proportion to the whole than they were before that event. Many of these ministers, who were trained under Dr. Witherspoon and his associates in the Faculty, became prominent and influential men in the Church and in the community at large. Among them were the following-named Presidents and Professors of Colleges in the Middle and Southern States. The names are given in the order of their graduation. Of the class of
1769. Samuel Stanhope Smith, Dr. Witherspoon's successor in the Presidency of the College of New Jersey.
1772. Andrew Hunter, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy in the same College.
1772. Samuel Eusebius McCorkle, Professor of Moral and Political Philosophy in the University of North Carolina.
1772. John McMillan, Vice-President of Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, ard Professor of Theology in the same College.
1773. Thaddeus Dod, the Founder and President of Washington Academy, afterwards Washington College, Pennsylvania.
1773. James Dunlap, President of Jefferson Coflege, Pennsylvania.
1773. William Graham, Founder and President of Liberty Hall, afterwards Washington College, Virginia.
1773. John McKnight, President of Dickinson College, Pennsylvania.
1773. John Blair Smith, President of Hampden Sidney College, Virginia, and also of Union College, Schenectady, New York.
1774. Thomas Harris Maccaulle, President of Mount Sion College, South Carolina.
1775. Samuel Doak, President of Washington College, Tennessee.
1783. Ashbel Green, President of the College of New Jersey.
1784. Ira Condit, Vice-President of Queen's College, now Rutgers, New Jersey, and Professor of Moral Philosophy in the same.
1787. Robert Finley, President of the University of Georgia.
1787. Elijah D. Rattoone, President of Charleston College, South Carolina, and a Presbyter of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
1789. Robert Helt Chapman, President of the University of North Carolina.
1791. Joseph Caidwell, President of the same University before Dr. Chapman.
1793. John Henry Hobart, Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church, New York, and Professor of Pastoral Theology and Pulpit Eloquence in the Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church.
1794. Henry Kollock, Professor of Theology in the College of New Jersey.
Some of those here named were eminent as preachers of the gospel as well as teachers in the higher seminaries of learning.
To this list may be added the names of not a few others who were men of note as able and successful pastors of churches, e.g.
1769. Samuel Niles, at Abington, Massachusetts.
1769. Elihu Thayer, at Kingston, New Hampshire.
1770. Nathaniel Irwin, at Neshaminy, Pennsylvania.
1770. Nathan Perkins, at West Hartford, Connecticut.
1771. John Black, at Upper Mars Creek, York County, Pennsylvania.
1771. Samuel Spring, at Newburyport, Massachusetts.
1772. Joseph Eckley, at Bbston, Massachusetts.
1772. James Grier, at Deep Ron, Pennsylvania.
1772. William Linn, at New York City, Reforrned Dutch Church.
1773. John Francis Armstrong,atTrenton,New Jersey; a Trustee of the College.
1773. Ebenezer Bradford, at Rowley, Massachusetts.
1773. Lewis Fenilletean Wilson, at Concord, North Carolina.
1774. Stephei Bloomer Balch, at Georgetown, District of Columbia.
1774. James Hall, at Fourth Creek, Concord, and Bethany, North Carolina.
1775. John Durburrow Blair, at Richmond, Virginia.
1775. Isaac Stockton Keith, at Charleston, South Carolina.
1775. James McCrie, at Steel Creek, North Carolina.
1775. John Springer, at Washington, Georgia.
1778. William Boyd, at Lamington, New Jersey; a Trustee of the College.
1781. Joseph Clark, at New Brunswick, New Jersey; a Trustee of the College.
1783. Gilbert Tennent Snowden, at Cranbuiy, New Jersey.
1784. Joseph Clay, at Savannah, Georgia; Baptist Church.
1787. John Nelson Abeel, at' New York; Reformed Dutch Church.
1788. Aaron Condict, at Hanover, New Jersey.
1789. Thomas Pitt Irving, at Hagerstown, Maryland; Principal of the Academy there, and Rector of the Episcopal Church.
1790. George Spafford Woodhull, at Princeton, and a Trustee of the College.
1793. Isaac Van Dorem, at Hopewell, New York; Reformed Dutch Church, and afterwards Principal of the Newark Academy.
Of the graduates from 1769 to 1794 inclusive, six were members of the Continental Congress, twenty became Senators of the United States, and twenty4hree members of the House of Representatives. Of the class of
1769. John Beatty, Delegate to the Continental Congress, from New Jersey.
1769. John Henry, Delegate to the Continental Congress, from Maryland.
1771. Gunning Bedford, Delegate to the Continental Congress, from Delaware.
1771. James Madison, Delegate to the Continental Congress, from Virginia.
1773. Morgan Lewis, Delegate to the Continental Congress, from New York.
1773. Henry Lee, Delegate to the Continental Congress, from Virginia.
UNITED STATES SENATORS.
1770. Frederick Frelinghuysen, from New Jersey.
1772. Aaron Burr, from New York.
1773. Aaron Ogden, from New Jersey.
1774. John Ewing Calhoun, from South Carolina.
1774. Jonathan Mason, from Massachusetts.
1775. Isaac Tichenor, from Vermont.
1776. Jonathan Dayton, from New Jersey.
1776. John Rutherford, from New York.
1779. Richard Stockton, from New Jersey.
1780. Abraham R. Venable, from Virginia.
1781. William Branch Giles, from Virginia.
1781. Edward Livingston, from Louisiana.
1784. James Ashton Bayard, from Delaware.
1785. Robert Goodloe Harper, from Maryland.
1788. David Stone, from North Carolina.
1789. Mahion Dickerson, from New Jersey.
1790. John Taylor, from South Carolina.
1791. Jacob Burnet, from Ohio.
1792. George M. Bibb, from Kentucky.
1794. George Washington Campbell, from Tennessee.
MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
1769. James Linn, from New Jersey.
1772. David Bard, from Pennsylvania.
1774. Wm. Stevens Smith, from New York.
1775. John Andrew Scudder, from New Jersey.
1776. Nathaniel Alexander, from North Carolina.
1776. John W. Kittera, from Pennsylvania.
1781. Wifliam Crawford, from Pennsylvania.
1782. Conrad Elmendoff, from New York.
1782. John A. Hanna, from Pennsylvania.
1784. Peter R. Livingston, froin New York.
1785. James Wilken, from New York.
1786. John Henderson Imlay, from New Jersey.
1787. Evan Alexander, from North Carolina.
1788. Nathaniel W. Howell, from New York.
1788. Wm. Kirkpatrick, from New York.
1788. Nicholas Van Dyke, from Delaware.
1789. Isaac Pierson, from New Jersey.
1789. Ephraim King Wilson, from Maryland.
1789. Silas Wood, from New York.
1792. Wm. Chatwood, from New Jersey.
1792. Peter Early, from Georgia.
1792. George C. Maxwell, from New Jersey.
1794. Thomas M. Bayly, from Virginia.
1794. James M. Broome, from Delaware.
Of the above-named members of Congress,
James Madison was the fourth President of the United States.
Aaron Burr was the third Vice-President.
John Henry was Governor of Maryland.
Gunning Bedford was Governor of Delaware.
Henry Lee was Governor of Virginia.
Morgan Lewis was Governor of New York.
Aaron Ogden was Governor of New Jersey.
Isaac Tichenor was Governor of Vermont.
Nathaniel Alexander was Governor of North Carolina.
Wm. Branch Giles was Governor of Virginia.
David Stone was Governor of North Carolina.
Mablon Dickerson was Governor of New Jersey.
John Taylor was Governor of South Carolina.
Peter Early was Governor of Georgia.
And to this list of Governors of several of the States may be added William Richardson Davie, Governor of North Carolina, also Envoy, with EIIsworth, an older graduate, to France.
Of the graduates of this period, three became Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States
1774. Brockholst Livingston, of New York.
1788. Smith Thompson, of New York.
1790. William Johnson, of South Carolina.