Was Andrew Holmes Expelled from Princeton College?-- Part 3: The 1807 Princeton 'Riot' and Joseph Cabell Breckinridge

Joseph Cabell Breckinridge arrived at Princeton in late December 1805.  

In March, Cabell joined 125 other students protesting against the Presbyterian institution's strict rules and rigorous curriculum.

College administrators subsequently suspended everyone who refused to withdraw his name from the formal protest petition.

Breckinridge refused to apologize for his role in the protest.  He considered enrolling in the College of William and Mary for the fall term of 1807, believing he could complete his studies in nine months.  But he ultimately decided not to.

In July 1808 he decided to return to Princeton to complete his studies and received his bachelor's degree in 1810. 

I did not find out if he took his name off the petition or not.

--Brock-Perry

Was Andrew Holmes Expelled from Princeton?-- Part 2

Two of the "rioters" at least came to the next session at William and Mary, "but the records are lost, and only the name of Andrew Hunter Holmes is preserved.

They brought with them the 'Princeton dissipation" and a riot ensued, on account of which Holmes was expelled."

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I found out what the 1807 Princeton "Riot" was about.  This was the one which got a lot of students expelled from Princeton, including Virginians Andrew Hunter Holmes and Joseph Cabell Breckinridge.

From Wikipedia Cabell Breckinridge.   (July 14,1788 to September 1, 1823)

He was from the Breckinridge family which had a lot of important people in it and later became a lawyer, soldier, slaveholder and politician from Kentucky.  He also enlisted for War of 1812 service.

--Brock-Perry