theologian, and a public speaker, he was not a gifted administrator. In the 1890s, clerical control over Princeton waned, and more and more businessmen and lawyers were elected as Trustees of Princeton University. Dissatisfied with Patton's management of the university, in 1902, the Trustees voted to replace Patton as president, naming Woodrow Wilson as his successor. President of Princeton Theological Seminary, 1902–1913 Patton thus became president of Princeton Theological Seminary. In that capacity, he opposed Henry van Dyke's proposal to revise the Westminster Confession of Faith. Later years, 1913–1932 Patton retired in 1913 and returned to his native Bermuda. He continued to speak out on controversies within the Presbyterian church, and during the Fundamentalist–Modernist Controversy, he supported the Fundamentalist side. He published a book entitled Fundamental Christianity, in which he wrote "We cannot change Christianity. We may reject it if we please, but its meaning is plain". He died in Hamilton, Bermuda on November 25, 1932. Notes References External links Princeton biography Addresses commemorating Patton's appointment at McCormick Theological Seminary, 1873 The world's edition of the great Presbyterian conflict: Patton vs. Swing.: Both sides of the question, 1874 Presbyterian Principles by Francis L. Patton, 1875 The Presbyterian Review, 1880-89, made available by Princeton Theological Seminary American educational theorists 1843 births 1932 deaths Bermudian Presbyterians Princeton Theological Seminary alumni 19th-century Presbyterian ministers Presidents of Calvinist and Reformed seminaries Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ministers British emigrants to the United States 19th-century American clergy Presidents of Princeton University