59 Notable Alumni of Cumberland University [Sorted List]

John Bell

Born in: United States
Years: 1796-1869 (aged 73)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: John Bell was an American politician, attorney, and planter who was a candidate for President of the United States in the election of 1860.

Thomas Gore

Born in: United States
Years: 1870-1949 (aged 79)
Occupations: peace activistpoliticianlawyer
Biography: Thomas Pryor Gore was an American politician who served as one of the first two United States senators from Oklahoma, from 1907 to 1921 and again from 1931 to 1937. He first entered politics as an activist for the Populist Party, and continued this affiliation after he moved to Texas. In 1899, just before moving to Oklahoma Territory to practice law in Lawton, he formally joined the Democratic Party and campaigned for William Jennings Bryan. In the Senate, his anti-war beliefs caused him conflict with Democratic presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

LeRoy Collins

Born in: United States
Years: 1909-1991 (aged 82)
Occupations: politicianlawyermilitary officer
Biography: Thomas LeRoy Collins was an American politician who served as the 33rd governor of Florida from 1955 to 1961. Collins began his governorship after winning a special election in 1954, and was elected to a four-year term in 1956.

James B. McCreary

Born in: United States
Years: 1838-1918 (aged 80)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: James Bennett McCreary was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky. He represented the state in both houses of the U.S. Congress and served as its 27th and 37th governor. Shortly after graduating from law school, he was commissioned as the only major in the 11th Kentucky Cavalry, serving under Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan during the American Civil War. He returned to his legal practice after the war. In 1869, he was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives where he served until 1875; he was twice chosen Speaker of the House. At their 1875 nominating convention, state Democrats chose McCreary as their nominee for governor, and he won an easy victory over Republican John Marshall Harlan. With the state still feeling the effects of the Panic of 1873, most of McCreary's actions as governor were aimed at easing the plight of the state's poor farmers.

Myles Horton

Born in: United States
Years: 1905-1990 (aged 85)
Occupations: teachereducator
Biography: Myles Falls Horton was an American educator, socialist, and co-founder of the Highlander Folk School, famous for its role in the Civil Rights Movement (Movement leader James Bevel called Horton "The Father of the Civil Rights Movement"). Horton taught and heavily influenced most of the era's leaders. They included Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks (who studied with Horton shortly before her decision to keep her seat on the Montgomery, Alabama, bus in 1955), John Lewis, James Bevel, Bernard Lafayette, and others who would create the Nashville Student Movement, Ralph Abernathy, John B. Thompson, and many others.

Cave Johnson

Born in: United States
Years: 1793-1866 (aged 73)
Occupations: lawyerpoliticianjudgebanker
Biography: Cave Johnson was an American politician who served the state of Tennessee as a Democratic congressman in the United States House of Representatives. Johnson was the 12th United States Postmaster General in the administration of James K. Polk from 1845 to 1849.

John Burgess

Born in: United States
Years: 1844-1931 (aged 87)
Occupations: political scientistuniversity teacherhistorian of Modern Age
Biography: John William Burgess was an American political scientist. He spent most of his career at Columbia University where he created the first graduate school in Political Science. He has been described as "the most influential political scientist of the period" and "the father of American political science." He is the academic advisor of Charles Edward Merriam.

Harry E. Claiborne

Born in: United States
Years: 1917-2004 (aged 87)
Occupations: politicianjudgelawyer
Biography: Harry Eugene Claiborne was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada from 1978 until his impeachment and removal in 1986. Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1978, Claiborne was only the fifth person in United States history to be removed from office through impeachment by the United States Congress and the first since Halsted Ritter in 1936.

Joe L. Evins

Born in: United States
Years: 1910-1984 (aged 74)
Enrolled in Cumberland University: In 1934 graduated with Juris Doctor
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Joseph Landon Evins was an American lawyer and politician who served 15 terms as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Tennessee from 1947 to 1977.

Robert H. Hatton

Born in: United States
Years: 1826-1862 (aged 36)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Robert Hopkins Hatton was a lawyer and politician from Tennessee. He was a state legislator and US Representative, and a Confederate general during the American Civil War.

John Duncan

Born in: United States
Years: 1919-1988 (aged 69)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: John James Duncan Sr. was an American attorney and Republican politician who represented Tennessee's 2nd Congressional District in the U. S. House of Representatives from 1965 until his death in 1988. He also served as Mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee, from 1959 to 1964, and as assistant attorney general of Knox County, from 1948 until 1956. He is the father of Congressman John J. "Jimmy" Duncan, Jr., who succeeded him in Congress, and current Tennessee State Senator Becky Duncan Massey.

Oren Harris

Born in: United States
Years: 1903-1997 (aged 94)
Enrolled in Cumberland University: In 1930 graduated with Juris Doctor
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Oren Harris was a United States representative from Arkansas and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.

William H. Hardy

Born in: United States
Years: 1837-1917 (aged 80)
Occupations: politicianjudgelawyer
Biography: William H. Hardy was an American businessman who founded the Mississippi cities of Hattiesburg, Laurel, and Gulfport.

James Allred

Born in: United States
Years: 1899-1959 (aged 60)
Occupations: politicianjudgelawyer
Biography: James Burr V Allred was the 33rd governor of Texas. He later served, twice, as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

William J. Holloway

Born in: United States
Years: 1888-1970 (aged 82)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: William Judson Holloway was an American principal, lawyer, and politician who served as the fourth lieutenant governor of Oklahoma from 1927 to 1929. Following Henry S. Johnston's impeachment and removal from office, Holloway became the eighth governor of Oklahoma.

Jere Cooper

Born in: United States
Years: 1893-1957 (aged 64)
Enrolled in Cumberland University: In 1914 graduated with Juris Doctor
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Jere Cooper was a Democratic United States Representative from Tennessee.

Thomas Abernethy

Born in: United States
Years: 1903-1998 (aged 95)
Enrolled in Cumberland University: In 1924 graduated with Juris Doctor
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Thomas Gerstle Abernethy was an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi for 15 terms from 1943 to 1973.

Bert H. Miller

Born in: United States
Years: 1879-1949 (aged 70)
Enrolled in Cumberland University: Studied in 1902
Occupations: politicianjudgelawyer
Biography: Bert Henry Miller was an American politician from Idaho and a member of the Democratic Party.

Omar Truman Burleson

Born in: United States
Years: 1906-1991 (aged 85)
Enrolled in Cumberland University: Studied in 1929
Occupations: lawyersecretarypoliticianspecial agent
Biography: Omar Truman Burleson was an attorney, judge, FBI agent and veteran of World War II when he was first elected in 1946 as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas's 17th congressional district. He was re-elected to Congress from this rural district for more than 30 years, resigning in December 1978 rather than run again for office.

George Abram Miller

Born in: United States
Years: 1863-1951 (aged 88)
Occupations: mathematicianuniversity teacherhistorian of mathematics
Biography: George Abram Miller was an early group theorist.

Thomas Jefferson Murray

Born in: United States
Years: 1894-1971 (aged 77)
Enrolled in Cumberland University: Studied in 1917
Occupations: district attorneypoliticianlawyer
Biography: Thomas Jefferson Murray, usually known as Tom J. Murray, was an American politician and a Democratic U.S. Representative from Tennessee from 1943 to 1966.

Antonio M. Fernández

Born in: United States
Years: 1902-1956 (aged 54)
Enrolled in Cumberland University: Graduated with Juris Doctor
Occupations: politicianlawyercourt stenographer
Biography: Antonio Manuel Fernández was a United States representative from New Mexico, elected to seven consecutive terms from 1942 to 1956.

Orland K. Armstrong

Born in: United States
Years: 1893-1987 (aged 94)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Orland Kay Armstrong was a Republican United States Representative, journalist, and social activist.

Cale Young Rice

Born in: United States
Years: 1872-1943 (aged 71)
Occupations: writerpoet
Biography: Cale Young Rice was an American poet and dramatist. He was professor of English at Cumberland University. His opera, Yolanda of Cyprus, was widely received.

Thetus Willrette Sims

Born in: United States
Years: 1852-1939 (aged 87)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Thetus Willrette Sims was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 8th congressional district of Tennessee.

James Patrick Sutton

Born in: United States
Years: 1915-2005 (aged 90)
Occupations: politicianbroker
Biography: James Patrick Sutton was an American politician and a member of the United States Congress from Tennessee.

Morgan M. Moulder

Born in: United States
Years: 1904-1976 (aged 72)
Enrolled in Cumberland University: In 1927 graduated with Bachelor of Laws
Occupations: politicianjudgelawyer
Biography: Morgan Moore Moulder was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

John T. Watkins

Born in: United States
Years: 1854-1925 (aged 71)
Occupations: politicianjudgelawyer
Biography: John Thomas Watkins was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district from 1905 to 1921.

Lon A. Scott

Born in: United States
Years: 1888-1931 (aged 43)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Lon Allen Scott was an American politician who served as a United States Representative from Tennessee as a Republican.

Ira Landrith

Born in: United States
Years: 1865-1941 (aged 76)
Occupations: independent politician
Biography: Ira Landrith was an American Presbyterian minister and temperance activist. A known orator, Landrith was part of the Flying Squadron of America, which traveled the United States advocating for temperance.

Luther Alexander Johnson

Born in: United States
Years: 1875-1965 (aged 90)
Occupations: politicianjudgelawyer
Biography: Luther Alexander Johnson was a United States Congressman from the U.S. state of Texas.

Risden Tyler Bennett

Years: 1840-1913 (aged 73)
Occupations: politicianjudgelawyer
Biography: Risden Tyler Bennett was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1883 and 1887. He was also an attorney and judge.

Sam D. McReynolds

Born in: United States
Years: 1872-1939 (aged 67)
Occupations: politicianjudgelawyer
Biography: Samuel Davis McReynolds was an American politician and judge who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 3rd congressional district of Tennessee.

Thomas U. Sisson

Born in: United States
Years: 1869-1923 (aged 54)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Thomas Upton Sisson was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Mississippi from 1909 to 1923.

Sam Lumpkin

Born in: United States
Years: 1908-1964 (aged 56)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Samuel Edgerton Lumpkin was an American politician from Tupelo, Mississippi. A Democrat, he served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1948 to 1952 under Governor Fielding L. Wright. He was born in Hudsonville in 1908.

Lucien C. Gause

Born in: United States
Years: 1836-1880 (aged 44)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Lucien Coatsworth Gause was an American lawyer, politician and military veteran who served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. From 1875 to 1879, he served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing an Arkansas congressional district.

Charles K. Wheeler

Born in: United States
Years: 1863-1933 (aged 70)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Charles Kennedy Wheeler was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

Fletcher B. Swank

Born in: United States
Years: 1875-1950 (aged 75)
Occupations: politicianjudgelawyer
Biography: Fletcher B. Swank was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.

Wynne F. Clouse

Born in: United States
Years: 1883-1944 (aged 61)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Wynne F. Clouse was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee.

Isaac Goodnight

Born in: United States
Years: 1849-1901 (aged 52)
Occupations: politicianjudgelawyer
Biography: Isaac Herschel Goodnight was a United States representative from Kentucky.

Brady P. Gentry

Years: 1896-1966 (aged 70)
Occupations: politicianjudgelawyer
Biography: Brady Preston Gentry was a U.S. Representative from Texas.

Benjamin A. Enloe

Born in: United States
Years: 1848-1922 (aged 74)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Benjamin Augustine Enloe was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 8th congressional district of Tennessee.

Anthony F. Tauriello

Born in: United States
Years: 1899-1983 (aged 84)
Enrolled in Cumberland University: In 1929 studied law
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Anthony Francis Tauriello was an American politician and attorney who represented New York's 43rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1951.

Henry C. Snodgrass

Years: 1848-1931 (aged 83)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Henry Clay Snodgrass was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 3rd congressional district of Tennessee.

Edward Isaac Golladay

Born in: United States
Years: 1830-1897 (aged 67)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Edward Isaac Golladay was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 5th congressional district.

John Edgerton

Born in: United States
Years: 1879-1938 (aged 59)
Occupations: player of American football
Biography: John Emmett Edgerton was an industrialist who gained prominence as the president of the National Association of Manufacturers from 1921 to 1931. Edgerton was also an All-Southern college football fullback for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University.

Horace Elmo Nichols

Born in: United States
Years: 1912-2000 (aged 88)
Occupations: judgelawyer
Biography: Horace Elmo Nichols, also known as H. E. "Nick" Nichols, was an American jurist in Georgia who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia from 1975 to 1980.

Joseph Carlton Loser

Born in: United States
Years: 1892-1984 (aged 92)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Joseph Carlton Loser was an American politician and a United States representative from Tennessee.

John Kyle

Born in: United States
Years: 1851-1913 (aged 62)
Occupations: bankerpoliticianlawyer
Biography: John Curtis Kyle was an American attorney and Democratic politician from Mississippi during the late 19th century. He was most notable for his service as mayor of Sardis, Mississippi (1879-1881), a member of the Mississippi State Senate (1881-1885), member of the Mississippi Railroad Commission (1886-1890) and member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1891-1897).

Sidney Lee Christie

Born in: United States
Years: 1903-1974 (aged 71)
Occupations: judgelawyer
Biography: Sidney Lee Christie was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia and the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.

John William Ross

Born in: United States
Years: 1878-1925 (aged 47)
Occupations: judgelawyer
Biography: John William Ross was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

Wilson S. Hill

Born in: United States
Years: 1863-1921 (aged 58)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Wilson Shedric Hill was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Mississippi from 1903 to 1909.

Morgan Cassius Fitzpatrick

Born in: United States
Years: 1868-1908 (aged 40)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Morgan Cassius Fitzpatrick was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 4th congressional district of Tennessee.

David Alexander Nunn

Born in: United States
Years: 1833-1918 (aged 85)
Occupations: diplomatpoliticianlawyer
Biography: David Alexander Nunn was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee's 8th congressional district.

Mounce Gore Butler

Born in: United States
Years: 1849-1917 (aged 68)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Mounce Gore Butler was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 4th congressional district of Tennessee.

Joseph Edgar Brown

Born in: United States
Years: 1880-1939 (aged 59)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Joseph Edgar Brown was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee. He was the son of Foster Vincent Brown and Lula (Farrior) Brown.

Samuel Franklin Wilson

Born in: United States
Years: 1845-1923 (aged 78)
Occupations: politicianjudge
Biography: Samuel Franklin Wilson was an American Confederate veteran, politician and judge.

J. P. Carnahan

Born in: United States
Years: 1832-1912 (aged 80)
Occupations: military officer
Biography: Jacob Preston Carnahan was an American Confederate officer, a professor of mathematics, and Populist politician in Arkansas. He ran for governor.

Campbell Eben Beaumont

Born in: United States
Years: 1883-1954 (aged 71)
Occupations: judgelawyer
Biography: Campbell Eben Beaumont was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

# 🏆	University name	Country & City
1595	Marygrove College	Detroit
1596	St. Joseph's College - Long Island	Patchogue
1597	College of Saint Mary	Omaha
1598	Glenville State College	Glenville
1599	Alderson Broaddus University	Philippi
1600	Gulf Coast State College	Panama
1601	New York College of Health Professions	Syosset
1602	Tallahassee Community College	Tallahassee
1603	Cumberland University	Lebanon
1604	New England Institute of Technology	East Greenwich
1605	Tyler Junior College	Tyler
1606	East Texas Baptist University	Marshall
1607	Maryland University of Integrative Health	Laurel
1608	Olympic College	Bremerton
1609	Curtis Institute of Music	Philadelphia
1610	Haskell Indian Nations University	Lawrence
1611	Pacific Northwest College of Art	Portland