The American Whig–Cliosophic Society, is a political, literary, and debating society at Princeton University. It is the oldest debate union in the United States. Following is a list of some of the notable members of the American Whig–Cliosophic Society
Academia
Name Affiliation NotabilityReferences Clio (honorary), inducted 1817 President of Yale UniversitySamuel Eusebius McCorkle Clio, class of 1772 Presbyterian preacher, teacher, and the interceptor and progenitor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Clio (honorary), inducted in 1816 President of Union College Whig–Cliosophic, class of 1958 Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, chair of the National Intelligence Council Whig–Cliosophic, class of 1943 professor of philosophy at Harvard University Clio (founder), Class of 1763 Founder of the first law school in the United States Whig (founder), class of 1769 President of Princeton University
Law
Name Affiliation NotabilityReferences Whig–Cliosophic, Class of 1972 Supreme Court of the United States associate justice Whig (founder), Class of 1771 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania justice; coauthored the first American novelWhig (founder), Class of 1772 United States Attorney General; argued the first recorded case before the Supreme Court of the United StatesClio (founder), Class of 1766 Chief Justice of the United States, Founding Father, drafter of the Constitution of the United States, drafter of the Judiciary Act of 1789Whig, Class of 1774 Supreme Court of the United States associate justiceClio (founder), Class of 1763 Supreme Court of the United States associate justice, Governor of New Jersey, Founding Father, and signer of the Constitution of the United StatesClio (honorary), inducted 1819 United States Attorney General
Literature and journalism
Name Affiliation NotabilityReferences Whig, Class of 1917 Author Whig (founder), Class of 1771 Co-authored the first American novel; the Poet of the American Revolution Whig–Cliosophic, Class of 1995 Senior editor for the National Review Whig–Cliosophic, Class of 1893 Novelist and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Clio (honorary), inducted 1901 author and humorist Clio (honorary) comic book writer and editor
Politics
Name Affiliation NotabilityReferences Whig (founder), class of 1769 Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly Whig (honorary), inducted 1820 Harding 1971, page 39 President of the United States, United States Senate, and United States Secretary of State Clio (founder), Class of 1772 Vice-President of the United States, Founding Father, United States Senate, and Attorney General of New York Clio, Class of 1992 United States Senate Clio, Class of 1810 Vice-President of the United States, United States Senate Whig–Cliosophic, Class of 1971 Governor of Indiana Whig, Class of 1914 Director of the Council on Foreign Relations, Director of Central Intelligence, and member of the Warren Commission Whig, Class of 1908 United States Secretary of State Clio (honorary), inducted 1836 Governor of Massachusetts, United States Secretary of State, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, and U.S. Minister to Great Britain Harding 1971, page 40 Whig (founder), class of 1769 Governor of Maryland and United States Senate Whig (honorary), inducted 1838 President of the United States Clio, Class of 1957 Governor of New Jersey, Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, and chair of the 9/11 Commission Whig (originally Clio), Class of 1773 Governor of Virginia Whig (founder), Class of 1771 President of the United States, Father of the Constitution of the United States, co-Father of its United States Bill of Rights, Founding Father, and co-author of The Federalist Papers Clio (founder), Class of 1766 Founding Father and delegate to the Constitutional Convention Clio (honorary), inducted 1817 President of the United States, Founding Father, United States Secretary of State, and United States Secretary of War unknown, Class of 1955 Political activist involved in consumer protection, environmentalism, and government reform causes; presidential candidate Clio, Class of 1773 Governor of New Jersey and United States Senate Clio (founder), Class of 1763 Governor of New Jersey, Supreme Court of the United States associate justice, Founding Father, and signer of the Constitution of the United States Whig, class of 1940 United States Senate Whig–Cliosophic, Class of 1954 United States Senate Whig, Class of 1922 Governor of Illinois and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Whig, Class of 1905 Six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America Whig, Class of 1879 Speaker (president)President of the United States, Governor of New Jersey, and president of Princeton University Whig, Class of 1928 U.S Ambassador to Laos, U.S. Ambassador to Syria, U.S. Ambassador to Morocco, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
See also American Whig–Cliosophic Society
References
External links Official website of Whig-Clio Notable Alumni page of Whig-Clio