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Only one of the 56 was an active clergyman, and that was John Witherspoon. Witherspoon was a Presbyterian minister and president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).
Regardless of what Republican presidential wannabee Huckabee says.
UPDATE: Via Mary Racine in comments, Reese Witherspoon is related to Minister Witherspoon, allowing me to post this gratuitous picture of her.
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