This is a partial list of notable historical figures in U.S. national politics who were members of the Ku Klux Klan before taking office. Membership of the Klan is secret. Political opponents sometime
Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black
Theodore G. Bilbo, U.S. Senator for Mississippi
Robert Byrd, U.S. Senator for West Virginia
Robert Byrd
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Robert Carlyle Byrd was an American politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia from 1959 until his death in 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, Byrd had also been the U.S.
Ku Klux Klan members in United States politics
…Joseph E. Brown (D), the U.S. Senator for Georgia, (1880-1891) was a key supporter of the KKK in his home state. Robert Byrd (1917-2010) was a Kleagle, a Klan recruiter, in his 20s and 30s, rising to the title of Kleagle and Exalted Cyclops of his local chapter. After leaving…
Official portrait, 2003
Byrd early in his Senate career
Senate Majority Whip Byrd meeting with President Gerald Ford
Drawer of the Senate desk used by Democratic leaders, including Byrd