29 Notable alumni of
Emory & Henry College
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Emory & Henry College is 2477th in the world, 866th in North America, and 819th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 29 notable alumni from Emory & Henry College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Georgia Tann
- Occupations
- social worker
- Biography
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Beulah George "Georgia" Tann, was an American social worker and child trafficker who operated the Tennessee Children's Home Society, an adoption agency in Memphis, Tennessee. Tann used the unlicensed home as a front for her black market baby adoption scheme from the 1920s. Young children were kidnapped and then sold to wealthy families, abused, or—in some instances—murdered. A state investigation into numerous instances of adoption fraud led to the closure of the institution in 1950. Tann died of cancer before the investigation made its findings public.
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Morgan Griffith
- Enrolled in Emory & Henry College
- In 1980 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Howard Morgan Griffith is an American lawyer and politician who has been the U.S. representative for Virginia's 9th congressional district since 2011. The district covers a large swath of southwestern Virginia, including the New River Valley and the Virginia side of the Tri-Cities. He is a member of the Republican Party and the Freedom Caucus.
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Toni Atkins
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Toni Gayle Atkins is an American politician who served as the 51st President pro tempore of the California State Senate from 2018 to 2024. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the 69th Speaker of the California State Assembly from 2014 to 2016 and the California State Assembly Majority Leader from 2012-2014. She has represented the 39th State Senate district since 2016, encompassing most of San Diego.
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Eric McClure
- Occupations
- NASCAR team owner
- Biography
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Eric Wayne McClure was an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 0 Chevrolet Camaro for JD Motorsports.
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Robert Sheffey
- Biography
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Robert Sayers Sheffey was an American Methodist evangelist and circuit-riding preacher, renowned for his eccentricities and power in prayer, who ministered to, and became part of the folklore of, the Appalachian region of southwest Virginia, southern West Virginia and eastern Tennessee.
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B. B. Comer
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Braxton Bragg Comer was an American politician who served as the 33rd governor of Alabama from 1907 to 1911, and a United States senator in 1920. As governor, he achieved railroad reform, lowering business rates in Alabama to make them more competitive with other states. He increased funding for the public school system, resulting in more rural schools and high schools in each county for white students and a rise in the state's literacy rate.
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Robert P. Shuler
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robert Pierce Shuler Sr., also known as "Fighting Bob", was an American evangelist and political figure. His radio broadcasts from his Southern Methodist church in Los Angeles, California, during the 1920s and early 1930s attracted a large audience and also drew controversy with his attacks on politicians and police officials. In 1931, the Federal Radio Commission revoked Shuler's broadcast license due to his outspoken views. He ran for the United States Senate in 1932 on the Prohibition Party ticket and attracted more than 500,000 votes.
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Frank Rowlett
- Occupations
- mathematiciancryptographer
- Biography
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Frank Byron Rowlett was an American cryptologist.
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Walter Russell Lambuth
- Occupations
- pastormissionary
- Biography
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Walter Russell Lambuth was a Chinese-born American Christian bishop who worked as a missionary establishing schools and hospitals in China, Korea and Japan in the 1880s.
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Harley Orrin Staggers
- Enrolled in Emory & Henry College
- Studied in 1931
- Occupations
- politicianteachersheriffcoachlegal services
- Biography
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Harley Orrin Staggers Sr. was an American politician who served 16 terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1981, representing West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District as a Democrat. From 1966 until his retirement in 1981, Congressman Staggers chaired the powerful House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (today the Committee on Energy and Commerce). A longtime supporter of the American railroad industry and its workers, Congressman Staggers' landmark legislative achievement was the Staggers Rail Act, passed in 1980.
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William E. Jones
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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William Edmondson "Grumble" Jones was a Confederate cavalry general with a reputation for being a martinet to his troopers and fractious toward superiors, but acknowledged to be a good commander. After disagreements of a personal nature with J.E.B. Stuart, Jones's brigade was set to guarding supply lines and unavailable during a crucial juncture of the Gettysburg Campaign when Lee suffered from a lack of capable reconnaissance cavalry. As the personality clash between Jones and Stuart escalated, Jones faced charges for impertinence, and was transferred to separate him from Stuart. Jones was killed leading a counter-attack in the 1864 Battle of Piedmont.
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George C. Peery
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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George Campbell Peery was an American Democratic politician, and was the 52nd governor of Virginia from 1934 to 1938. He became the second governor to be selected, at least partially, by the soon to be very powerful Byrd Organization, led by Senator Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
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Henry DeLamar Clayton
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Henry DeLamar Clayton, Sr. was a prominent Alabama attorney, politician, Redeemer judge, and college president. He also served as a major general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, commanding a division in the Army of Tennessee in the Western Theater.
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Henry Carter Stuart
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Henry Carter Stuart was an American businessman and politician from Virginia. Between 1914 and 1918, he served as the 47th Governor of Virginia, a period which encompassed World War I.
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William F. Tucker
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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William Feimster Tucker was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
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Israel O'Quinn
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Israel Dean O'Quinn is an American politician. A Republican, he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2011. He currently represents the 44th district, made up of the cities of Bristol and Galax, Grayson County, and parts of Smyth and Washington counties in the southwestern part of the state.
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Samuel W. Small
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Samuel White "Sam" Small was a journalist, Methodist evangelist, and prohibitionist.
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Henry Bowen
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Henry Bowen was a Virginia lawyer, soldier and politician from Tazewell County, Virginia. After raising a unit which became the 22nd Virginia Cavalry, he fought for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, after which Bowen served in the Virginia House of Delegates, as well as the U.S. House of Representatives, first as a Readjuster, then as a Republican.
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John Goode
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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John Goode Jr. was a Virginia attorney and Democratic politician. He served in both the United States Congress and the Confederate Congress, and was a colonel in the Confederate Army. He was Solicitor General of the United States during the presidency of Grover Cleveland. He was known as "the grand old man of Virginia".
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James Stewart Martin
- Occupations
- lawyerpoliticianjudgemilitary officer
- Biography
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James Stewart Martin was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
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Timothy Cloyd
- Years
- 20th Century
- Biography
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J. Timothy Cloyd is an American educator and higher education administrator, and is currently the 18th president of Drury University in Springfield, Missouri. Cloyd previously served as the president of Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas from 2001 to 2013. He began his duties at Drury University on July 1, 2016, following the retirement of Dr. David Manuel.
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James Buchanan Richmond
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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James Buchanan Richmond was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer, judge and banker from Virginia.
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Ariosto A. Wiley
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Ariosto Appling Wiley was an American lawyer, Spanish-American War veteran, and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Alabama from 1901 until his death in office in 1908.
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John Lee Buchanan
- Biography
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John Lee Buchanan was the second president of Virginia Tech (then Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College) and sixth president of the University of Arkansas.
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Collins Denny
- Occupations
- priestlawyer
- Biography
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Collins Denny was an American clergyman and educator. He was Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy at Vanderbilt University from 1891 to 1910. He served as bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South from 1910 to 1943.
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Elijah Embree Hoss
- Years
- 1849-1919 (aged 70)
- Occupations
- priestmagazine writerbiographereditor
- Biography
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Elijah Embree Hoss, Sr was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1902. He also distinguished himself as a Methodist pastor, as a college professor and administrator, and as an editor.
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Robert Ridgway
- Occupations
- journalistlawyerpoliticianeditor
- Biography
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Robert Ridgway was a nineteenth-century congressman, lawyer and journalist from Virginia.
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Jerry H. Geisler
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jerry Hubert Geisler was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He was first elected in 1965 to represent Carroll, Grayson, Galax City in the Virginia House of Delegates, defeating Hillsville mayor Raleigh Cooley.In 1967, Geisler switched parties to the Republican Party, a move done by many in the south due to Democrats new focus on civil rights. In 1974, he was selected by the members of his caucus to be minority leader, a position in which he served until he was defeated for election in the reorganized 5th district in 1981.
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Alexander G. Crockett
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Alexander George Crockett was an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate, representing the state's 5th district.
