Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - John Witherspoon (Fabrairu 5, 1723 <unk> Nuwamba 15, 1794) ya kasance ministan Presbyterian na Scottish American, mai bautar bayi, da kuma Uban Gida na Amurka. Witherspoon ya rungumi ra'ayoyin Scottish common sense realism, kuma yayin da shugaban Kwalejin New Jersey (1768<unk>1794; yanzu Jami'ar Princeton) ya zama mai tasiri a cikin ci gaban halayen kasa na Amurka. A siyasance, Witherspoon wakili ne daga New Jersey zuwa Majalisa ta biyu
kuma mai sa hannu a ranar 4 ga Yuli, 1776, Sanarwar 'Yanci. Shi ne kawai limamin da ke aiki da kuma shugaban kwalejin da ya sanya hannu kan Yarjejeniyar. Daga baya, ya sanya hannu kan Yarjejeniyar Tarayya kuma ya goyi bayan tabbatar da Kundin Tsarin Mulki. A cikin 1789 ya kasance mai gudanar da Babban Taron Babban Taron na Ikilisiyar Presbyterian a Amurka.