30 Notable alumni of Emory & Henry College
Updated: June 12, 2026 EliteDegrees
Emory & Henry College is ranked #3,305 in the world and #858 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 30 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. Many individuals affiliated with Emory & Henry College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Alexander G. Crockett
1862-1919 (aged 57)
politician
Alexander George Crockett was an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate, representing the state's 5th district.
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2. John Lee Buchanan
1831-1922 (aged 91)
John Lee Buchanan was the second president of Virginia Tech (then Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College) and the sixth president of the University of Arkansas.
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3. Elijah Embree Hoss
1849-1919 (aged 70)
magazine writer
priest
editor
biographer
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, college professor, administrator, and editor.
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4. Robert Ridgway
1823-1870 (aged 47)
lawyer
journalist
editor
politician
Robert Ridgway was a nineteenth-century congressman, lawyer and journalist from Virginia.
5. Jerry H. Geisler
1934-2012 (aged 78)
politician
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 made by many in the southern United States due to the national Democratic Party's new focus...
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6. Henry Bowen
1841-1915 (aged 74)
lawyer
politician
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...
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7. James Stewart Martin
1826-1907 (aged 81)
lawyer
military officer
judge
politician
James Stewart Martin was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
8. Timothy Cloyd
J. Timothy Cloyd is an American educator and former higher education administrator. Cloyd served as the president of Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas from 2001 to 2013. In 2016, he became president of Drury University in Springfield, Missouri, a position he held until his resignation in March of 2023.
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9. James Buchanan Richmond
1842-1910 (aged 68)
lawyer
judge
politician
James Buchanan Richmond was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer, judge and banker from Virginia.
10. Ariosto A. Wiley
1848-1908 (aged 60)
lawyer
politician
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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11. Israel O'Quinn
1980-. (aged 46)
politician
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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12. William F. Tucker
1827-1881 (aged 54)
military officer
William Feimster Tucker was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
13. Campbell Slemp
1839-1907 (aged 68)
politician
Campbell Slemp was a farmer and Confederate officer in southwest Virginia who became a Readjuster Democrat after Congressional Reconstruction and served in the Virginia House of Delegates. He eventually joined the Republican Party and won election to the United States House of Representatives from Virginia's 9th congressional district and controlled federal patronage in the Commonwealth from 1903 to 1907. Slemp...
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14. John Goode
1829-1909 (aged 80)
lawyer
politician
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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15. Samuel W. Small
1851-1931 (aged 80)
journalist
evangelist
Samuel White "Sam" Small was a journalist, Methodist evangelist, and prohibitionist.
16. Harley Orrin Staggers
1907-1991 (aged 84)
sheriff
teacher
politician
legal services
coach
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...
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17. George C. Peery
1873-1952 (aged 79)
lawyer
politician
George Campbell Peery was a Virginia lawyer, school principal and Democratic politician, who served as the 52nd governor of Virginia from 1934 to 1938, after serving three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, as well as on the State Corporation Commission. Sometimes called the second governor selected (at least partially), by the soon to be very powerful Byrd Organization,...
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18. Henry DeLamar Clayton
1827-1889 (aged 62)
lawyer
politician
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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19. Henry Carter Stuart
1855-1933 (aged 78)
businessperson
politician
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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20. B. B. Comer
1848-1927 (aged 79)
politician
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, Comer presided over several reforms such as railroad regulation and the lowering of business rates in Alabama to make them more competitive with other states. He also increased funding for the public...
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21. Robert P. Shuler
1880-1965 (aged 85)
politician
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...
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22. William E. Jones
1824-1864 (aged 40)
military personnel
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...
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23. Frank Rowlett
1908-1998 (aged 90)
cryptographer
mathematician
Frank Byron Rowlett was an American cryptologist.
24. Walter Russell Lambuth
1854-1921 (aged 67)
missionary
pastor
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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25. Eric McClure
1978-2021 (aged 43)
NASCAR team owner
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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26. Robert Sheffey
1820-1902 (aged 82)
Robert Sayers Sheffey was an American Methodist evangelist and circuit-rider, 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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27. Toni Atkins
1962-. (aged 64)
politician
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 to 2014. She represented the...
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28. Morgan Griffith
1958-. (aged 68)
lawyer
politician
Howard Morgan Griffith is an American politician and lawyer serving as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 9th congressional district since 2011. The district covers most of rural Southwest 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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29. Georgia Tann
1891-1950 (aged 59)
social worker
Beulah George "Georgia" Tann was an American child trafficker and social worker who operated the Tennessee Children's Home Society, an unlicensed adoption agency in Memphis, Tennessee. Tann used the home as a front for her black market baby adoption scheme from the 1920s to 1950. Young children were kidnapped and then sold to wealthy families, abused, or—in some instances—murdered. A...
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30. Collins Denny
1854-1943 (aged 89)
lawyer
priest
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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