the U.S. House of Representatives ) , William A. Daniel ( Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court ) , Congressman William M. Tredway , Landon C. Garland ( President of Randolph–Macon College and Chancellor of Vanderbilt University ) , Maryland Governor Thomas W. Ligon , Dr. John L. Kirkpatrick ( President of Davidson College ) , and Dr. John M. P. Atkinson ( President of Hampden–Sydney College ] ] .