Notable Alumni of Emory & Henry College

B. B. Comer 1848–1927

33rd governor of Alabama

Also attended: The University of Alabama, University of Georgia

Morgan Griffith 1958–

U.S. representative from Virginia

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1980

Toni Atkins 1962–

Former California Senate president pro tempore

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1984

Also attended: Harvard University

George C. Peery 1873–1952

52nd Governor of Virginia

Also attended: Washington and Lee University

Henry Carter Stuart 1855–1933

Businessman and politician from Virginia

Henry DeLamar Clayton 1827–1889

Alabama attorney, politician, judge and college president

Child: Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr. (The University of Alabama)

Ariosto A. Wiley 1848–1908

U.S. Representative from Alabama

William E. Jones 1824–1864

Confederate Army cavalry general

Also attended: The United States Military Academy at West Point

James Stewart Martin 1826–1907

US Representative from Illinois

Harley Orrin Staggers 1907–1991

West Virginia Democratic congressman for 16 terms

Attended until 1931

Also attended: Duke University

Child: Harley O. Staggers, Jr. (Harvard University, Potomac State College of West Virginia University)

Child: Margaret Anne Staggers (West Virginia University)

Henry Bowen 1841–1915

Virginia congressman and Confederate soldier

Campbell Slemp 1839–1907

Virginia delegate and Confederate officer

Child: C. Bascom Slemp (University of Virginia-Main Campus, Virginia Military Institute)

Alexander Davis 1833–1889

Virginia lawyer and politician

James Buchanan Richmond 1842–1910

Virginia politician, lawyer, judge and banker

John Goode 1829–1909

Virginia lawyer and Democratic politician

James W. Reid 1849–1902

U.S. representative from North Carolina

Fred Allison 1882–1974

Physicist who developed the Allison magneto-optic method

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, University of Virginia-Main Campus

Frank Rowlett 1908–1998

Cryptologist

Rankin Barbee 1874–1958

Journalist and writer on Southern history

Also attended: Vanderbilt University

Eric McClure 1978–2021

NASCAR driver and team owner

Sonny Wade 1947–

Former Montreal Alouettes football player

Georgia Tann 1891–1950

Child trafficker who ran Tennessee Children's Home Society

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Samuel W. Small 1851–1931

Journalist and Methodist evangelist

Walter Russell Lambuth 1854–1921

Methodist bishop and missionary in China, Korea and Japan

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1875

Also attended: New York University, Vanderbilt University

Father: James William Lambuth (University of Mississippi)