List of Cumberland University people

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This is a list of notable current and former faculty members, administrators, alumni, and attendees of Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee.

Contents

Notable alumni

Academia

University presidents

Professors

Activists

Art, education, literature, and humanities

Athletics

Business and economics

Entertainment

Government and politics

U.S. Cabinet members

47th U.S. Secretary of State, Cordell Hull HULL, CORDELL. HONORABLE LCCN2016862713 (cropped).jpg
47th U.S. Secretary of State, Cordell Hull

U.S. diplomats

U.S. governors

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33rd Florida Governor LeRoy Collins

U.S. lieutenant governors

Members of the U.S. Senate

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives

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Former U.S. Rep. Joe Evins from Tennessee

U.S. territorial delegates

U.S. judicial officials

U.S. Supreme Court justices
Other federal judges
State judges

State legislators

  • A.M. Aikin Jr., Member of the Texas Legislature, 1933-1979
  • Tommy Burnett, Majority Leader of the Tennessee House of Representatives
  • Scotty Campbell, Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, 2010–2012, 2020–present
  • Stuart B. Carter, Member of the Virginia General Assembly, 1950-1960
  • Glenn Freeman, Member of the Kentucky General Assembly, 1970–1971, 1974–1977, 1996-2000
  • Absolom Gant Jr., Member of the Texas Texas House of Representatives, 1871-1873
  • Tommy Head, Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, 1986–2004; brother of coach Pat Summitt
  • J. F. Henley, Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, 1891–1895, 1901-1903 [30]
  • Edmund B. Jenks, Member of the New York State Assembly, 1917-1932
  • James Sloan Kuykendall, Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, 1907–1908, 1919-1920
  • John Marks Moore, member of the Texas House of Representatives, 1883–85, Secretary of State of Texas, 1887–1891 [31]
  • A. K. Montgomery, Member of the New Mexico Senate, 1937-1941
  • Mark Pody, Member of the Tennessee General Assembly, 2011–present
  • E. Ray Reed, Member of the West Virginia Legislature, 1932–1936, 1940–1944, 1950-1954 [32]
  • Edgar Bright Wilson, Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives, 1901-1903

Mayors

Other

Journalism

Military

Other

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