14 Notable alumni of Erskine College

Lawrence Oscar Cowan was an American judge, state legislator, city official, businessman, and miner in the Arizona Territory and state in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Charles Bryson Simonton was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 9th congressional district of Tennessee.

Robert Mark Wightman is an electrochemist and professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is best known for his work in the areas of ultramicroelectrodes, electrochemistry, and neurochemistry. One of Wightman's most notable achievements is the development of the ultramicroelectrode and microelectrode voltammetry. At the same time as Wightman's innovations, the microelectrode was...

Jackie Kershaw Cooper is an American author and film critic. He is the host of the Jackie K. Cooper Show, an entertainment review television show broadcast weekly on Com South and Progressive Tel cable networks in the Middle Georgia area. He is also one of the founders of the Southeastern Film Critics Association and is also a member of the...

William Jasper Talbert was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Rex Lyle Carter was an American lawyer and politician.

Eleanor Crockett Pressly was an American mathematician and aeronautical engineer in the sounding rocket program at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

Ira B. Jones was a chief justice on the South Carolina Supreme Court and a candidate for governor in 1912.

Joseph Travis Johnson was a United States representative from South Carolina and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina.

Lemuel Phillips Padgett was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 7th congressional district of Tennessee.

Thomas Joseph Miller, known professionally as Tom Verlaine, was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, most notable as the frontman of the New York City rock band Television.

Benjamin Meek Miller was an American Democratic politician who served as the 39th governor of Alabama from 1931 to 1935.

Herbert Lloyd Wilkerson was a United States Marine Corps major general. A veteran of three wars, he was most noted for his service as commanding officer, 1st Marine Regiment during Vietnam War and later as commanding general, 3rd Marine Division.