Reese Witherspoon actress, famous Ancestor John Witherspoon, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a chief influence on many of the founding fathers.

Here is a list of Witherspoons students (1) President James Madison (1) Vice President Aaron Burr (37) judges of which 3 became made it to the Supreme Court. (10) students became Cabinet officers, (12) were members of the Continental Congress, (28) sit in the Senate, and fourty-nine were United States Congressmen.

He also was the President of Princeton.