Ku Klux Klan members in United States politics
Robert C. Byrd, was a recruiter for the Klan while in his 20s and 30s, rising to the title of Kleagle and Exalted Cyclops of his local chapter. Byrd, a DEMOCRAT, eventually became his party leader in the Senate.
Edward Douglass White, a DEMOCRAT and the Chief Justice of the United States, was a known member of the KKK in his home state of Louisiana, where he had served as U.S. Senator.
In 1921, Hugo Black successfully defended E. R. Stephenson in his trial for the murder of a Catholic priest, Fr. James E. Coyle. Black, a DEMOCRAT, joined the Ku Klux Klan shortly afterwards, in order to gain votes from the anti-Catholic element in Alabama.
Theodore G. Bilbo, a DEMOCRAT, the Governor of Mississippi and later the U.S. Senator for Mississippi, was a founder of the Mississippi chapter of the KKK.
John Brown Gordon, a DEMOCRAT and the U.S. Senator for Georgia, was a founder of the KKK in his home state of Georgia.
Joseph E. Brown, a DEMOCRAT and the U.S. Senator for Georgia, was a key supporter of the KKK in his home state.
Elmer David Davies, a DEMOCRAT and a Federal Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, was a member of the KKK whilst at university.
Edward L. Jackson became Governor of Indiana as a Republican in 1925 and his administration came under fire for granting undue favor to the Klan's agenda and associates.
Clarence Morley, a Republican and the Governor of Colorado.
Bibb Graves, a DEMOCRAT, who was the Governor of Alabama.
Clifford Walker, a DEMOCRAT and the Governor of Georgia, was revealed to be a Klan member by the press in 1924.
George Gordon, a DEMOCRAT and Congressman for Tennessee's 10th congressional district, became one of the Klan's first members.
John Tyler Morgan, a DEMOCRAT and the U.S. Senator for Alabama, was the Grand Dragon of the KKK in Alabama.
Edmund Pettus, a DEMOCRAT and the U.S. Senator for Alabama, was also a Grand Dragon of the KKK in Alabama.
John Morton, a DEMOCRAT, was the Tennessee Secretary of State and was the founder of the Nashville chapter of the KKK.
William L. Saunders, a DEMOCRAT, was the North Carolina Secretary of State and was the founder of the North Carolina chapter.
John Clinton Porter, a DEMOCRAT, was a member of the Klan in the early 1920s and served as mayor of Los Angeles.
Benjamin F. Stapleton, a DEMOCRAT, was mayor of Denver in the 1920s–1940s. He was a Klan member in the early 1920s and appointed fellow Klansmen to positions in municipal government.Ultimately, Stapleton broke from the Klan and removed several Klansmen from office.
David Duke, a politician who ran in both DEMOCRAT and Republican presidential primaries, was openly involved in the leadership of the Ku Klux Klan.
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