page_title: Cumberland University
section_title: Notable alumni
hierarchical_section_title: Cumberland University / Notable alumni
caption_attribution_description: English: Memorial Hall, Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, United States
context_page_description: Cumberland University is a private university in Lebanon, Tennessee. It was founded in 1842, though the current campus buildings were constructed between 1892 and 1896.
context_section_description: The school's alumni include more than eight congressmen and thirty college presidents.
  Howell Edmunds Jackson, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, 1893–1895
  Thomas P. Gore, United States Senator from Oklahoma, 1907–1921; 1931–1937
  Horace Harmon Lurton, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, 1910–1914
  George Huddleston, U.S. Representative from Alabama, 1915–1937
  Cordell Hull, Secretary of State under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1933–1944.
  Frank G. Clement, Governor of Tennessee, 1954–1959; 1963–1967
  David R. Ray, Medal of Honor Recipient for his heroic actions during the Vietnam War
  Oren Harris, U.S. Representative from Arkansas, 1953–1966; thereafter a U.S. District Judge based in El Dorado
  Maecenas Eason Benton, U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1897–1905, and father of famous painter, Thomas Hart Benton.
  Wright Patman, U.S. Representative from Texas, 1929–1976
  Robert M. Rainey (1882–1971), Oklahoma judge and member of state Supreme Court.
  George E. Allen, head coach of the 1916 football team that lost 0–222 to Georgia Tech, later an advisor to President Harry Truman
  Cale Young Rice, playwright and poet.
  Laban Lacy Rice, noted educator and writer, former president of Cumberland University.
  Myles Horton, educator and social activist, graduated in 1928.
  Wade H. Kitchens, J.D., U.S. Representative from Arkansas, 1937-1941
  Thomas G. Abernethy, U.S. Representative from Mississippi, 1943–1973
  Morgan M. Moulder, U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1948–1962
  Theodore M. Brantley 1881 – longest-serving Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court, serving for 23 years (1899–1922)
  Jeff Davis, Democratic United States Senator from Arkansas and the 20th Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas
  Brady Gentry – U.S. Representative from Texas 1953–1957
  John T. Watkins – U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district, 1905–1921
  Wendell Mayes - playwright, screenwriter
caption: Memorial Hall at Cumberland University.
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