List of members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans explained

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
• 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
• 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
• Larry Darby (born 1957), attorney in Montgomery, Alabama^[9]
• Clint Eastwood (born 1930), film actor, director, producer, composer, pianist, and politician^[10]
• H. K. Edgerton (born 1948), African-American activist for Southern heritage^[11]
• Charles R. Farnsley (1907–1990), U.S. representative from Kentucky
• Orval Faubus (1910–1994), Arkansas governor
• 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
• 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
• Jesse Helms (1921–2008), U.S. senator from North Carolina and U.S. presidential candidate
• Douglas Selph Henry Jr. (1926–2017) member of the Tennessee General Assembly, serving in both the House and Senate^[18]
• James Hylton (1934–2018), race car driver^[19]
• John Karl "Jack" Kershaw Nashville, Tennessee attorney, sculptor, and co-founder of the League of the South.^{[20] [21] [22]}
• Donald Livingston, Emory University professor and co-founder of the Abbeville Institute^[23]
• Trent Lott (born 1941), U.S. senator from Mississippi
• Creighton Lovelace (born 1981), pastor of Danieltown Baptist Church in Forest City, North Carolina^[24]
• Loy Mauch (born 1952), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives^[25]
• Robert Stacy McCain (born 1959), journalist, writer, and blogger^[26]
• William David McCain (1907–1993), archivist and college president^[27]
• Glenn F. McConnell (born 1947), president of the College of Charleston and the 89th lieutenant governor of South Carolina^[28]
• Arieh O'Sullivan (born 1961), former Israeli soldier, author, journalist, and defense correspondent^[29]
• Arthur Ravenel Jr. (1927-2023), businessman and a Republican politician from Charleston, South Carolina^[30]
• Charley Reese (1937–2013), newspaper columnist^[10]
• Absalom Willis Robertson (1887–1971), U.S. senator from Virginia, father of televangelist Pat Robertson
• Lloyd M. Robinette (1881–1951), Virginia lawyer and politician^{[31] [32]}
• Floyd Spence (1928–2001), U.S. representative from South Carolina,
• Walbrook D. Swank (1910–2008), World War II officer and a noted historical author^[33]
• Strom Thurmond (1902–2003), governor, U.S. senator from South Carolina, and U.S. presidential candidate^[34]
• Harry S. Truman (1884–1972), 33rd president of the United States^[10]
• William M. Tuck (1896–1983), governor and U.S. representative from Virginia
• Danny Verdin (born 1964), South Carolina state senator^[35]
• Bradley Walker (1877–1951), Nashville attorney and athlete^[36]
• Alexander W. Weddell (1876–1948), diplomat
• Robert Wilkie (born 1962), United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs^[37]
• Guinn Williams (1871–1948), U.S. representative from Texas
• 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]

External links

• Sons of Confederate Veterans Politicians at The Political Graveyard

Notes and References

1. News: High Fives (Dec. 2–8). Las Cruces Sun-News. December 1, 2010.
2. http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-confed-vets.html "Sons of Confederate Veterans Politicians"
3. Web site: Brady, Wyatt Tate | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. www.okhistory.org.
4. Web site: Minutes, Mississippi Division, SCV, Convention. December 1, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20110727090411/http://www.mississippiscv.org/Reunion%20Minutes%202008.html. July 27, 2011. dead.
5. News: March 27, 1969. April 3, 2011. Preston Smith Tells Sons Confederate Veterans of Historical Spots in Area. Spirit of Jefferson Farmer's Advocate.
6. News: January 20, 2000. April 3, 2011. Sons of Confederate Veterans Meeting Jan. 25. Spirit of Jefferson Farmer's Advocate.
7. News: Symbols of history – or racism The icons of the south are falling as modern sensibilities collide with those of the past. Curtis . Wilkie. Boston Globe. March 9, 1997. C.1.
8. Web site: The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Davis, E to F. politicalgraveyard.com.
9. https://www.angelfire.com/al4/larrydarby/darbyplatform.htm Campaign site Larry Darby Stands for Alabama
10. http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/delaughter_joins_sons_of_confederate_veterans_071608/ "DeLaughter Joins Sons of Confederate Veterans"
11. Web site: SPLC.
12. Book: . Hopkins . Walter Lee . 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. . 10 . 2005204063 . 11733530 . Internet Archive.
13. News: Milloy . Courtland . Revisionists having a ball with Civil War anniversary . December 10, 2018 . The Washington Post . February 27, 2011.
14. Web site: shellfish.org Frank, Dane, "Biography: Gordon Gunter Aug. 18, 1909 – Dec. 19, 1998," National Shellfisheries Association Quarterly Newsletter, June 2006, pp. 5, 7..
15. Web site: Dorsey Brodie Hardeman – Texas Patriot, soldier, Statesman . therestorationmovement.com . June 4, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120103094658/http://www.therestorationmovement.com/hardeman%2Cdb.htm . January 3, 2012 .
16. Web site: S.C.V. Camp No. 2205, Stem, NC. scv2205.com.
17. Web site: Staff Directory. ncscv.org.
18. 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.
19. Web site: Sons of Confederate Veterans: Message From Lt. CIC Givens. Chuck. Rand. April 17, 2009.
20. https://www.tennessee-scv.org/camp28/Equestrian_Statue.html "Nathan Bedford Forrest Equestrian Statue by Jack Kershaw"
21. 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)"
22. 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."
23. Livingston . Donald . Why The War Was Not About Slavery . Confederate Veteran . September/October 2010 . 16–22, 54–59.
24. Web site: Beirich . Heidi . Alleged Serial Killer was Member of Neo-Nazi National Alliance . Southern Poverty Law Center . December 4, 2018.
25. Web site: The South shall rise again. David. Koon. November 11, 2010. Arkansas Times.
26. Book: Brown. Barrett. Hot, Fat, and Clouded: The Amazing and Amusing Failures Of America's Chattering Class. May 1, 2010. Sterling & Ross, Cambridge House Press. 978-0982139141. 196.
27. News: A House Divided. Intelligence Report. Spring 2002. 105. Southern Poverty Law Center.
28. Web site: South Carolina Legislature Online . December 4, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070729025820/http://www.scstatehouse.net/members/bios/1213636218.html . July 29, 2007 . dead .
29. Web site: Israeli redneck Arieh O'Sullivan gets his Confederate stripes | JTA - Jewish & Israel News. September 17, 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120413114854/http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/02/22/3091795/resident-israeli-redneck-arieh-osullivan-gets-his-confederate-marks. April 13, 2012.
30. News: The 'Unity Rally' Is Being Held on This Guy's Bridge? . December 10, 2018 . FITSNews . June 20, 2015.
31. Book: Dodson, E. Griffith. The General Assembly of Virginia (1940–1960, p. 578). 1961 . Richmond: Virginia State Library. July 26, 2020.
32. Web site: Lloyd Robinette, the "Perry Mason of Blackwater" - My Long Hunters.
33. Web site: Walbrook Swank - Obituary. .
34. News: Rebel Sons and lovers Confederate group defends Southern history, flag; . Toni . Guagenti. The Washington Times. February 17, 1997. C.8.
35. News: Flag supporters claim influence in state races. Herald. Rock Hill, SC. November 12, 2000. 8.B.
36. News: Bradley Walker, Attorney, Dies. May 19, 2018. 279. The Nashville Tennessean. February 4, 1951. 44 . 1 & 2.
37. News: Itkowitz . Colby . The Health 202: 'We will hold you accountable.' Democrats grill Azar on family separations . December 9, 2018 . The Washington Post . June 27, 2018.
38. News: Ohio delegation splits on Joe Wilson censure. Gilbert . Price. Call & Post. Cleveland. September 23–29, 2009. 93. 38. 1A.
39. Book: . Powell III . Frank B. . 2006 . Sons of Confederate Veterans Membership Directory, 2006 . Columbia, TN . . x . Harris Connect.
40. News: In defense of his Confederate pride. Stephanie . Garry. Tampa Bay Times. October 7, 2007.
41. Web site: Revealed: neo-Confederate group includes military officers and politicians . June 28, 2021 . The Guardian.