List of Cumberland University people

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

Notable alumni

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Academia

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University presidents

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Professors

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Activists

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Art, education, literature, and humanities

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Athletics

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Business and economics

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Entertainment

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Government and politics

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U.S. Cabinet members

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47th U.S. Secretary of State, Cordell Hull

U.S. diplomats

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U.S. governors

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33rd Florida Governor LeRoy Collins

U.S. lieutenant governors

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Members of the U.S. Senate

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Members of the U.S. House of Representatives

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Former U.S. Rep. Joe Evins from Tennessee

U.S. territorial delegates

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U.S. judicial officials

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

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  • 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

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Other

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Journalism

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Military

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Other

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References

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