List of members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans

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Notable members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans have included:

  • Trace Adkins (born 1962), country singer-songwriter[1]
  • Ellis Arnall (1907–1992), Georgia governor[2]
  • W. Tate Brady (1870–1925), merchant, politician, Ku Klux Klan member, and a “founder” of Tulsa, Oklahoma.[3]
  • Phil Bryant (born 1954), Mississippi governor[4]
  • Pat Buchanan (born 1938), journalist, writer, media consultant, and U.S. presidential candidate[2]
  • Frank Buckles (1901–2011), United States Army corporal and the last surviving American military veteran of World War I[5][6]
  • R. Gregg Cherry (1891–1957), North Carolina governor[2]
  • John E. Courson (born 1944), South Carolina state senator[7]
  • Fred Henry Davis (1894–1937), lawyer and judge who served in several elected offices in Florida[8]
  • Bobby DeLaughter (born 1958), Mississippi state prosecutor, judge, and author[9]
  • Larry Darby (born 1957), attorney in Montgomery, Alabama[10]
  • Clint Eastwood (born 1930), film actor, director, producer, composer, pianist, and politician[9]
  • H. K. Edgerton (born 1948), African-American activist for Southern heritage[11]
  • Charles R. Farnsley (1907–1990), U.S. representative from Kentucky[2]
  • Orval Faubus (1910–1994), Arkansas governor[2]
  • Nathan Bedford Forrest II (1871–1931), businessman and activist who served as the 19th Commander-in-Chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans[12]
  • MacDonald Gallion (1913–2007), Alabama attorney general[2]
  • R. Michael Givens (born 1958), film director and cinematographer[13]
  • Gordon Gunter (1909–1998), marine biologist and fisheries scientist[14]
  • Dorsey B. Hardeman (1902–1992), Texas state senator[15]
  • Michael C. Hardy (born 1972), historian and author of Civil War and western North Carolina books and articles[16][17]
  • Harry B. Hawes (1869–1947), U.S. senator from Missouri[2]
  • Jesse Helms (1921–2008), U.S. senator from North Carolina and U.S. presidential candidate[18]
  • Douglas Selph Henry Jr. (1926–2017) member of the Tennessee General Assembly, serving in both the House and Senate[19]
  • James Hylton (1934–2018), race car driver[20]
  • John Karl “Jack” Kershaw Nashville, Tennessee attorney, sculptor, and co-founder of the League of the South.[21][22][23]
  • Donald Livingston, Emory University professor and co-founder of the Abbeville Institute[24]
  • Trent Lott (born 1941), U.S. senator from Mississippi[2]
  • Creighton Lovelace (born 1981), pastor of Danieltown Baptist Church in Forest City, North Carolina[25]
  • Loy Mauch (born 1952), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives[26]
  • Robert Stacy McCain (born 1959), journalist, writer, and blogger[27]
  • William David McCain (1907–1993), archivist and college president[28]
  • Glenn F. McConnell (born 1947), president of the College of Charleston and the 89th lieutenant governor of South Carolina[29]
  • Arieh O’Sullivan (born 1961), former Israeli soldier, author, journalist, and defense correspondent[30]
  • Arthur Ravenel Jr. (born 1927), businessman and a Republican politician from Charleston, South Carolina[31]
  • Charley Reese (1937–2013), newspaper columnist[9]
  • Absalom Willis Robertson (1887–1971), U.S. senator from Virginia, father of televangelist Pat Robertson[2]
  • Lloyd M. Robinette (1881–1951), Virginia lawyer and politician[32][33]
  • Floyd Spence (1928–2001), U.S. representative from South Carolina,[2]
  • Walbrook D. Swank (1910–2008), World War II officer and a noted historical author[34]
  • Strom Thurmond (1902–2003), governor, U.S. senator from South Carolina, and U.S. presidential candidate[18]
  • Harry S. Truman (1884–1972), 33rd president of the United States[9]
  • William M. Tuck (1896–1983), governor and U.S. representative from Virginia[2]
  • Danny Verdin (born 1964), South Carolina state senator[35]
  • Bradley Walker (1877–1951), Nashville attorney and athlete[36]
  • Alexander W. Weddell (1876–1948), diplomat[2]
  • Robert Wilkie (born 1962), United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs[37]
  • Guinn Williams (1871–1948), U.S. representative from Texas[2]
  • Joe Wilson (born 1947), U.S. representative from South Carolina[38]
  • Ron Wilson (born 1943), businessman convicted of his role in a $90 million Ponzi scheme in 2012, 68th Commander-in-Chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans[39]
  • Nelson W. Winbush (born 1929), African-American educator[40]
  • Scott Wyatt (born 1969), politician[41]
  • Ralph E. “Rick” Reeves, schoolteacher

References[edit]

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m “Sons of Confederate Veterans Politicians”. The Political Graveyard
  3. ^ “Brady, Wyatt Tate | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture”. www.okhistory.org.
  4. ^ “Minutes, Mississippi Division, SCV, Convention”. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  5. ^ “Preston Smith Tells Sons Confederate Veterans of Historical Spots in Area”. Spirit of Jefferson Farmer’s Advocate. March 27, 1969. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
  6. ^ “Sons of Confederate Veterans Meeting Jan. 25”. Spirit of Jefferson Farmer’s Advocate. January 20, 2000. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
  7. ^ Wilkie, Curtis (March 9, 1997). “Symbols of history – or racism The icons of the south are falling as modern sensibilities collide with those of the past”. Boston Globe. p. C.1.
  8. ^ “The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Davis, E to F”. politicalgraveyard.com.
  9. ^ a b c d
    “DeLaughter Joins Sons of Confederate Veterans”. Jackson Free Press (Jackson, MS)
  10. ^ Campaign site Larry Darby Stands for Alabama. Larry Darby for Attorney General Committee. Retrieved December 10, 2018
  11. ^ “SPLC”.
  12. ^ Hopkins, Walter Lee, ed. (1926). Year Book and Minutes of the Thirty-First Annual Convention of the Sons of Confederate Veterans in the City of Birmingham, Ala., May 18–21, 1926. Richmond, Va.: Dudley Printing Co. p. 10. LCCN 2005204063. OCLC 11733530 – via Internet Archive.
  13. ^ Milloy, Courtland (February 27, 2011). “Revisionists having a ball with Civil War anniversary”. The Washington Post. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  14. ^ “shellfish.org Frank, Dane, “Biography: Gordon Gunter Aug. 18, 1909 – Dec. 19, 1998,” National Shellfisheries Association Quarterly Newsletter, June 2006, pp. 5, 7″ (PDF).
  15. ^ “Dorsey Brodie Hardeman – Texas Patriot, soldier, Statesman”. therestorationmovement.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
  16. ^ “S.C.V. Camp No. 2205, Stem, NC”. scv2205.com.
  17. ^ “Staff Directory”. ncscv.org.
  18. ^ a b Guagenti, Toni (February 17, 1997). “Rebel Sons and lovers Confederate group defends Southern history, flag;”. The Washington Times. p. C.8.
  19. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20180831095847/http://saveourflags.org/index.php/news Save Our Flags Tennessee 14th Infantry, “The Latest News”. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  20. ^ Rand, Chuck (April 17, 2009). “Sons of Confederate Veterans: Message From Lt. CIC Givens”.
  21. ^ https://www.tennessee-scv.org/camp28/Equestrian_Statue.html “Nathan Bedford Forrest Equestrian Statue by Jack Kershaw”
  22. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20210625223653/http://www.tennessee-scv.org/camp28/The_Generals_Dispatch.html “The Passing of a Southern Gentleman Jack Kershaw (1913 – 2010)”
  23. ^ https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/09/americas-ugliest-confederate-statue-isnt-coming-down-soon.html “America’s Ugliest Confederate Statue Isn’t Coming Down Anytime Soon A Tennessee town’s absurd and tacky monument to General Nathan Bedford Forrest.”
  24. ^ Livingston, Donald. “Why The War Was Not About Slavery”. Confederate Veteran (September/October 2010): 16–22, 54–59.
  25. ^ Beirich, Heidi. “Alleged Serial Killer was Member of Neo-Nazi National Alliance”. Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  26. ^ Koon, David (November 11, 2010). “The South shall rise again”. Arkansas Times.
  27. ^ Brown, Barrett (May 1, 2010). Hot, Fat, and Clouded: The Amazing and Amusing Failures Of America’s Chattering Class. Sterling & Ross, Cambridge House Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-0982139141.
  28. ^ “A House Divided”. Intelligence Report. No. 105. Southern Poverty Law Center. Spring 2002.
  29. ^ “South Carolina Legislature Online”. Archived from the original on July 29, 2007. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  30. ^ “Israeli redneck Arieh O’Sullivan gets his Confederate stripes | JTA – Jewish & Israel News”. Archived from the original on April 13, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
  31. ^ “The ‘Unity Rally’ Is Being Held on This Guy’s Bridge?”. FITSNews. June 20, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  32. ^ Dodson, E. Griffith (1961). The General Assembly of Virginia (1940–1960, p. 578). Richmond: Virginia State Library. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  33. ^ “Lloyd Robinette, the “Perry Mason of Blackwater” – My Long Hunters”.
  34. ^ “Walbrook Swank – Obituary”. Legacy.com.
  35. ^ “Flag supporters claim influence in state races”. Herald. Rock Hill, SC. November 12, 2000. p. 8.B.
  36. ^ “Bradley Walker, Attorney, Dies”. Vol. 44, no. 279. The Nashville Tennessean. February 4, 1951. pp. 1 & 2. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  37. ^ Itkowitz, Colby (June 27, 2018). “The Health 202: ‘We will hold you accountable.’ Democrats grill Azar on family separations”. The Washington Post. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  38. ^ Price, Gilbert (September 23–29, 2009). “Ohio delegation splits on Joe Wilson censure”. Call & Post. Vol. 93, no. 38. Cleveland. p. 1A.
  39. ^ Powell III, Frank B., ed. (2006). Sons of Confederate Veterans Membership Directory, 2006. Columbia, TN: Sons of Confederate Veterans. p. x – via Harris Connect.
  40. ^ Garry, Stephanie (October 7, 2007). “In defense of his Confederate pride”. Tampa Bay Times.
  41. ^ “Revealed: neo-Confederate group includes military officers and politicians”. The Guardian. June 28, 2021.

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