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William Harvey Gibson
Ashland University — Class of ~1843 (est.)
PoliticsOhio Politician, Union Army General (1821–1894)
William A. Wheeler
University of Vermont — Class of ~1841 (est.)
Politicsvice president of the United States from 1877 to 1881
Edward A. O'Neal
University of North Alabama — Class of ~1840 (est.)
PoliticsConfederate Army general and 26th governor of Alabama (1818–1890)
Luke Pryor Blackburn
Transylvania University — Class of ~1838 (est.)
PoliticsAmerican physician and governor of Kentucky (1816–1887)
Edward James Roye
Ohio University-Main Campus — Class of ~1837 (est.)
Politicsfirst member of Liberia's True Whig Party to serve as President (1815-1872)
Richard Yates
Georgetown College — Class of ~1837 (est.)
Politics13th Governor of Illinois, U.S. Senator; father of Richard Yates (1815-1873)
Charles B. Mitchel
Thomas Jefferson University — Class of ~1837 (est.)
PoliticsAmerican politician (1815-1864)
John C. Frémont
College of Charleston — Class of ~1835 (est.)
PoliticsAmerican politician, explorer and military officer (1813–1890)
James Speed
Transylvania University — Class of ~1834 (est.)
PoliticsAmerican lawyer and politician (1812–1887)
Alexander H. Stephens
University of Georgia — Class of ~1834 (est.)
Politicsvice president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865
Samuel Wells Williams
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute — Class of ~1834 (est.)
PoliticsU.S. linguist, missionary, diplomat, naturalist and Sinologist (1812–1884)
William Alexander Richardson
Transylvania University — Class of ~1833 (est.)
PoliticsAmerican politician (1811-1875)
Cassius M. Clay
Transylvania University — Class of ~1832 (est.)
PoliticsAmerican planter, politician and ambassador to Russia (1810-1903)
Thomas Bragg
Norwich University — Class of ~1832 (est.)
PoliticsAmerican governor and senator (1810–1872)
Jefferson Davis
United States Military Academy — Class of ~1830 (est.)
PoliticsPresident of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865 (1808–1889)
Salmon P. Chase
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus — Class of ~1830 (est.)
PoliticsAmerican politician and lawyer (1808–1873)
Jefferson Davis
Transylvania University — Class of ~1830 (est.)
PoliticsPresident of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865 (1808–1889)
David Rice Atchison
Transylvania University — Class of ~1829 (est.)
PoliticsUnited States Senator from Missouri (1807-1886)
William H. Seward
Union College — Class of ~1823 (est.)
PoliticsAmerican lawyer and politician (1801-1872)
Robert Woodward Barnwell
University of South Carolina Beaufort — Class of ~1823 (est.)
PoliticsAmerican politician (1801-1882)
Robert Barnwell Rhett
University of South Carolina Beaufort — Class of ~1822 (est.)
PoliticsAmerican politician (1800–1876)
Thomas Butler King
Westfield State University — Class of ~1822 (est.)
PoliticsAmerican politician (1800-1864)