10 Notable alumni of
Union University
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Union University is 3048th in the world, 1053rd in North America, and 999th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 10 notable alumni from Union University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Andrew J. May
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- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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Andrew Jackson May was a Kentucky attorney, an influential New Deal-era politician, and chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee during World War II, famous for his role as chief architect of the Peacetime Selective Service act. May was implicated in the leak of classified naval information, and later an unrelated conviction for bribery. May was a Democratic member of United States House of Representatives from Kentucky during the 72nd to 79th sessions of Congress.
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Steve Gaines
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- pastor
- Biography
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John Steven Gaines is an American Southern Baptist pastor, and the president of the Southern Baptist Convention. He is currently serving at Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova (a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee), one of the largest congregations in the Southern Baptist Convention and has visited Israel 16 times. On Sunday, July 10, 2005, the Pastor Search Committee of Bellevue Baptist Church presented Dr. Steve Gaines to the church congregation. At the conclusion of the services the Bellevue family overwhelmingly voted to call Steve Gaines as the seventh Pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church. Gaines succeeds the longtime Bellevue pastor Adrian Rogers.
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Katrina Robinson
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- politician
- Biography
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Katrina Robinson is an American former politician who served in the Tennessee Senate from the 33rd district from 2019 to 2022 as a member of the Democratic Party. She was the first sitting member of the state senate to be indicted since Operation Tennessee Waltz and later became the first person to ever be expelled from the state senate.
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William Hicks Jackson
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- breeder
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William Hicks "Red" Jackson was a career United States Army officer who graduated from West Point. After serving briefly in the Southwest and resigning when the American Civil War broke out, he served in the Confederate Army, gaining the rank of brigadier general by the end of the war.
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Joseph B. Palmer
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- politician
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Joseph Benjamin Palmer was an American lawyer, legislator, and soldier. He served as a Confederate general in the American Civil War, during which he was wounded four times. After the conflict he resumed his law practice in Tennessee.
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Thomas Jefferson Murray
- Enrolled in Union University
- Studied in 1914
- Occupations
- district attorneypoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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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.
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Howell Edmunds Jackson
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- politicianjudgelawyer
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Howell Edmunds Jackson was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1893 until his death in 1895. His brief tenure on the Supreme Court is most remembered for his opinion in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co., in which Jackson argued in dissent that a federal income tax was constitutional. Republican President Benjamin Harrison appointed Jackson, a Democrat, to the Court. His rulings demonstrated support for broad federal power, a skepticism of states' rights and an inclination toward judicial restraint. Jackson's unexpected death after only two years of service prevented him from having a substantial impact on American history.
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John May Taylor
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- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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John May Taylor was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee.
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Haywood Yancey Riddle
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- politicianlawyer
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Haywood Yancey Riddle was an American politician, attorney, and educator who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee's 4th congressional district.
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David Alexander Nunn
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- diplomatpoliticianlawyer
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David Alexander Nunn was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee's 8th congressional district.
