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The Union-Philanthropic Society is a college literary and debating society at Hampden–Sydney College in Hampden Sydney, Virginia. It was formed by the merger of the Union Literary Society and the Philanthropic Literary Society in 1928.[1][2] The society has both collegiate and honorary members.[3][4] Following is a list of Union-Philanthropic Society members.
Collegiate members
Name
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Society membership and year
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Notability
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References
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James Waddel Alexander
|
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Presbyterian minister and theologian
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[5]
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Thomas Salem Bocock
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Philanthropic, 1838
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United States House of Representatives and Speaker of the Confederate House of Representatives
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[6]
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Alexander Lee Bondurant
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Philanthropic, 1884
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Superintendent of the Mississippi Board of Education and professor at the University of Mississippi
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[6]
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John Luster Brinkley
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Union-Philanthropic, 1959
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Professor of classics and historian at Hampden–Sydney College
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[6][7][8]
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Joseph Carrington Cabell
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Union, 1796
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Co-founder of the University of Virginia
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[6]
|
Robert Lewis Dabney
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Philanthropic, 1840
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Christian theologian, biographer, and chief of staff to General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
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[6]
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John Early
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|
Methodist Bishop who helped found Randolph–Macon College
|
[5]
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Powhatan Ellis
|
Union, 1816
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United States Senator, justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi, United States district judge, and Charge d'affaires to Mexico
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[6]
|
John Floyd
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Union,1797
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Governor of Virginia
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[5]
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Hugh A. Garland
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Philanthropic, 1825
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United States House of Representatives, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Greek professor
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[6]
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Landon C. Garland
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Philanthropic, 1829
|
President of Randolph–Macon College, president of University of Alabama, and chancellor of Vanderbilt University
|
[6]
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William Henry Harrison
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Union, 1790
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President of the United States
|
[1][6]
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Edward Henry
|
Union, 1793
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lawyer and son of Patrick Henry
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[6]
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Andrew Hunter
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Union, 1822)
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Commonwealth Attorney who prosecuted John Brown, Confederate State Congress, member of the staff of General Robert E. Lee
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[6]
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Thomas Watkins Ligon
|
Union, 1830
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Governor of Maryland and United States House of Representatives
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[6]
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Richard A. McIlwaine
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Philanthropic, 1853
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President of Hampden–Sydney College and minister
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[6]
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Philip Watkins McKinney
|
Philanthropic, 1851
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Governor of Virginia
|
[6]
|
John Peter Mettauer
|
Philanthropic, 1811
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Surgeon and founder of the Randolph-Macon Medical School
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[5][6]
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William Ballard Preston
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Philanthropic, 1824
|
United States House of Representatives, United States Secretary of the Navy
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[6]
|
Sterling Price
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Philanthropic, 1830
|
United States House of Representatives, Governor of Missouri, and Major General in the Confederate States Army
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[6]
|
Roger Atkinson Pryor
|
Union, 1846
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United States House of Representatives, Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court, Confederate States House of Representatives, Brigadier General in the Confederate State Army, and Diplomat to Greece
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[6]
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William Cabell Rives
|
Philanthropic, 1811
|
United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, Confederate States House of Representatives, and U.S. Minister to France
|
[6]
|
Francis August Schaeffer
|
Union-Philanthropic, 1935
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Presbyterian pastor, evangelical theologian, and philosopher
|
[6]
|
John W. Stevenson
|
Union, 1832
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Governor of Kentucky
|
[6]
|
Honorary members
Name
|
Society membership and year
|
Notability
|
References
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Archibald Alexander
|
Hon. Union, 1800
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President of Hampden–Sydney College and founder of Princeton Theological Seminary
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[6]
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Mrs. P. T. Atkinson
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Hon. Union-Philanthropic, 1968
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Founder of the Esther Thomas Atkinson Museum of Hampden–Sydney College
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[6]
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P. G. T. Beauregard
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Hon. Philanthropic, 1861
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Major-General of the Confederate States Army
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[6]
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James Buchanan
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Hon. Philanthropic, 1848
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United States Senator and President of the United States
|
[1][6]
|
John C. Calhoun
|
Hon. Union, 1834
|
United States Senator and Vice President of the United States
|
[1][6]
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Henry Clay
|
Hon. Union, 1842
|
United States Senator and presidential candidate
|
[1][6]
|
Jefferson Davis
|
Hon. Philanthropic, 1854
|
United States Senator, United States Secretary of War, and President of the Confederate States of America
|
[1][5][6]
|
Stephen A. Douglas
|
Hon. Philanthropic, 1853
|
United States Senator and 1860 Democratic nominee for President
|
[1][6]
|
Millard Fillmore
|
Hon.
|
President of the United States
|
[5]
|
Anita Garland
|
Hon. Union-Philanthropic
|
Dean of Admissions of Hampden–Sydney College
|
[6][9][10][11]
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Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve
|
Hon.
|
Classical scholar and author
|
[5]
|
Patrick Henry
|
Hon. Union, 1794
|
Founding Father of the United States, Governor of Virginia, and founding trustee of Hampden–Sydney College
|
[1][6]
|
John Johns
|
Hon.
|
Episcopal Bishop and president of College of William & Mary
|
[5]
|
Robert E. Lee
|
Hon. Philanthropic, 1861
|
Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Northern Virginia and president of Washington College (later Washington and Lee University)
|
[1][6]
|
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
|
Hon. Philanthropic, 1854
|
Poet and professor of Greek at Harvard University
|
[1][6]
|
Louis Philippe I
|
Hon. Philanthropic, 1848
|
King of France
|
[1][6]
|
James Madison
|
Hon.
|
President of the United States
|
[1]
|
Thomas P. O’Neill
|
Hon. Union-Philanthropic, 1986
|
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
|
[1][6]
|
Franklin Pierce
|
Hon. Philanthropic, 1853
|
President of the United States
|
[1][6]
|
Edgar Allan Poe
|
Hon. Philanthropic, 1830
|
Author and editor of the Southern Literary Messenger
|
[1][6]
|
Samuel Stanhope Smith
|
Hon. Union, 1790
|
President of Princeton University and the first President of Hampden–Sydney College
|
[6]
|
Adlai Stevenson
|
Hon. Union-Philanthropic, 1952
|
Governor of Illinois and 1952 Democratic Party candidate for president
|
[1][6]
|
William Makepeace Thackeray
|
Hon. Philanthropic, 1854
|
novelist
|
[1][6]
|
John Tyler
|
Hon. Philanthropic, 1830
|
President of the United States, Vice President of the United States, and Confederate House of Representatives
|
[1][6]
|
George F. Will
|
Hon. Union-Philanthropic, 1986
|
The Washington Post columnist and political commentator for NBC News and MSNBC
|
[1]
|
Samuel Vaughan Wilson
|
Hon. Union-Philanthropic, 1982
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Lieutenant general in the United States Army, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and President of Hampden–Sydney College
|
[6]
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References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "UPLS History | Union-Philanthropic Society". Archived from the original on August 13, 2011. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
- ^ Bowers, Ben (October 27, 1961). "Hampdon-Sydney's Birthplace Takes on New Lease of Life". Farmville Herald. Vol. 72, no. 9. Farmville Virginia: Virginia Heritage (Library of Virginia). pp. 4A. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
- ^ "Membership Information | Union-Philanthropic Society". Archived from the original on August 13, 2011. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
- ^ "Clubs & Organizations". Hampden-Sydney College. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- ^ a b c d e f g h J. Harrison Hancock. “Life and Thought in a Student Organization of the Old South.” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 47, no. 4 (1939): 319.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap Brinkley, John Luster (1994). On this hill: a narrative history of Hampden-Sydney College, 1774–1994. Hampden-Sydney [Va.]: Hampden–Sydney College. ISBN 1-886356-06-8. OCLC 32407235.
- ^ Robertson, Ellen (2012-09-19). "John L. Brinkley, retired classics professor and historian at Hampden-Sydney College, dies". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
- ^ "John Luster Brinkley (2007) - Hall of Fame". Hampden-Sydney College. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
- ^ Jump, Jim. "Ethical College Admissions: The Personal Touch; Jim Jump reflects on the career of Anita Garland". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
- ^ "Dean Garland to Retire". Hampton-Sydney College. May 14, 2019. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
- ^ Garrett, Zachery (2019-05-29). "Anita Garland, Admissions Dean and Unofficial Mayor of Hampden-Sydney College, Retires After 39 Years - The Sullivan Foundation". Sullivan Foundation. Retrieved 2023-07-19.