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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 are some of its notable members.

Collegiate members

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Name Society membership and year Notability References
James Waddel Alexander Presbyterian minister and theologian [5]
Thomas Salem Bocock Philanthropic, 1838 United States House of Representatives and Speaker of the Confederate House of Representatives [6]
Alexander Lee Bondurant Philanthropic, 1884 Superintendent of the Mississippi Board of Education and professor at the University of Mississippi [6]
John Luster Brinkley Union-Philanthropic, 1959 Professor of classics and historian at Hampden–Sydney College [6][7][8]
Joseph Carrington Cabell Union, 1796 Co-founder of the University of Virginia [6]
Robert Lewis Dabney Philanthropic, 1840 Christian theologian, biographer, and chief of staff to General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson [6]
John Early Methodist Bishop who helped found Randolph–Macon College [5]
Powhatan Ellis Union, 1816 United States Senator, justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi, United States district judge, and Charge d'affaires to Mexico [6]
John Floyd Union,1797 Governor of Virginia [5]
Hugh A. Garland Philanthropic, 1825 United States House of Representatives, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Greek professor [6]
Landon C. Garland Philanthropic, 1829 President of Randolph–Macon College, president of University of Alabama, and chancellor of Vanderbilt University [6]
William Henry Harrison Union, 1790 President of the United States [1][6]
Edward Henry Union, 1793 lawyer and son of Patrick Henry [6]
Andrew Hunter Union, 1822) Commonwealth Attorney who prosecuted John Brown, Confederate State Congress, member of the staff of General Robert E. Lee [6]
Thomas Watkins Ligon Union, 1830 Governor of Maryland and United States House of Representatives [6]
Richard A. McIlwaine Philanthropic, 1853 President of Hampden–Sydney College and minister [6]
Philip Watkins McKinney Philanthropic, 1851 Governor of Virginia [6]
John Peter Mettauer Philanthropic, 1811 Surgeon and founder of the Randolph-Macon Medical School [5][6]
William Ballard Preston Philanthropic, 1824 United States House of Representatives, United States Secretary of the Navy [6]
Sterling Price Philanthropic, 1830 United States House of Representatives, Governor of Missouri, and Major General in the Confederate States Army [6]
Roger Atkinson Pryor Union, 1846 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 [6]
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 Presbyterian pastor, evangelical theologian, and philosopher [6]
John W. Stevenson Union, 1832 Governor of Kentucky [6]

Honorary members

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Name Society membership and year Notability References
Archibald Alexander Hon. Union, 1800 President of Hampden–Sydney College and founder of Princeton Theological Seminary [6]
Mrs. P. T. Atkinson Hon. Union-Philanthropic, 1968 Founder of the Esther Thomas Atkinson Museum of Hampden–Sydney College [6]
P. G. T. Beauregard Hon. Philanthropic, 1861 Major-General of the Confederate States Army [6]
James Buchanan Hon. Philanthropic, 1848 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]
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]
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 Lieutenant general in the United States Army, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and President of Hampden–Sydney College [6]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Membership Information | Union-Philanthropic Society". Archived from the original on August 13, 2011. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
  4. ^ "Clubs & Organizations". Hampden-Sydney College. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "John Luster Brinkley (2007) - Hall of Fame". Hampden-Sydney College. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
  9. ^ Jump, Jim. "Ethical College Admissions: The Personal Touch; Jim Jump reflects on the career of Anita Garland". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
  10. ^ "Dean Garland to Retire". Hampton-Sydney College. May 14, 2019. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
  11. ^ 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.
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