Thursday, June 14, 2007

An Abbreviated List of Ron Paul Supporters

Here is an abbreviated list of the Founders, the men that are revered by the people of this country for their wisdom and courage, that would support Dr. Ron Paul's politics.

  • Abraham Baldwin. US Congressman for 18 years. Has had 2 counties and a college named after him. Disagreed with a establishing a central bank.
  • John Blair. Justice of the Supreme Court. Ruling led to the passage of the 11th Amendment. Believed in the principle of separation of powers.
  • Jared Ingersoll. Former US Vice Presidential candidate. Supporter of states' rights.
  • Nicholas Gilman. US Congressman for 10 years. Supporter of the rights of the "common man" and against governmental abuses of power.
  • George Washington. First elected President of the United States. General. Et cetera. Against foreign interventionism.
  • William Samuel Johnson. US Congressman for 2 years. President of Columnbia College. Against executive branch power (supported Congress's ability to review presidential appointments)
  • James Madison. President. Congressman. Secretary of State. Et cetera. Against central bank. Strict adherence to the Constitution. Et cetera.
  • Richard Spaight. US Congressman for 5 years. Opposed expanding the Federal government's powers.
  • Charles Pickney. Governor. US Congressman for 5 years. Opposed establishment of a national bank and expansion of federal powers.
  • Oliver Ellsworth. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. US Congressman. Supporter of states' rights.
  • Elbridge Gerry. Vice President. Governor. US Congressman. Against expansion of federal government powers.
  • George Mason. Held no position but wrote the basis for Madison's proposed Bill of Rights. Supported people's rights.
  • Edmund Randolph. US Attorney General. US Secretary of State. Governor. Opposed expansion of federal power.
  • Robert Yates. Influential statesman. Opposed expansion of federal power.


Again, this is an ABBREVIATED LIST of the Founders that would support Dr. Ron Paul. Several Founders were not included because they were "Federalists" who supported that establishment of a central bank and the expansion of federal powers. However, several of these Founders, I would surmise, would disagree with the extent that the Federal government's power has expanded to. Still, more were not added because of the lack of information on them when I was doing research. I feel that this list is adequate to get my point across.

All of this information can be checked at Wikipedia.

Edit: This takes into account what that a Framer is someone that signed the Constitution. The other "Framers" on Wikipedia are actually "Founders" and not "Framers."

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