150 Most Influential Dickinsonians in the House Divided
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150 Most Notable Dickinsonians (1840-1880) Prepared by the House Divided Project For more information, go to our website: http://housedivided.dickinson.edu/150alums OUR TOP 15 MOST INFLUENTIAL 1. Roger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice (1835-1864) 2. James Buchanan, President (1857-1861) 3. Robert Cooper Grier, Supreme Court justice 4. Andrew Gregg Curtin, Governor of Pennsylvania 5. Spencer Fullerton Baird, Smithsonian Institution director 6. Charles Albright, congressman and Union soldier 7. John McClintock, professor and Methodist leader 8. Moncure Conway, writer, southern abolitionist 9. Thomas Nelson Conrad, Confederate spy 10. George Baylor, Confederate cavalry officer 11. James Miller McKim, leading abolitionist 12. Littleton Quinton Washington, southern journalist 13. Horatio Collins King, Union soldier, Medal of Honor winner 14. John A.J. Creswell, Cabinet member (Johnson Administration) 15. John Inglis, author South Carolina secession ordinance ©2011 Dickinson College Compiled by House Divided Project OUR TOP 150 BY CATEGORY POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT Charles Albright Charles Brown Lore Daniel Moore Bates James William Marshall Martin Waltham Bates Robert McClelland Charles Baker Charles McClure James Burns Belford Mordecai McKinney Joseph McCrum Belford James Xavier McLanahan Madison Brown John Anthony Nicholson Richard Bennett Carmichael Andrew Parker George Alexander Coffey Marcus Junius Parrott David Bachman Brunner Alexander Ramsey James Buchanan John Reed John A.J. Creswell Eli Saulsbury Andrew Gregg Curtin Willard Saulsbury William Daniel Abraham Herr Smith William E.F. Deal Enoch Joyce Smithers Charles Denison Nathaniel Barratt Smithers Harmar Denny Adam Clarke Snyder William Lewis Dewart Carroll Spence Oliver James Dickey Raymond Montague Stevenson Joseph Dysart William Henry Stewart Powhatan Ellis William Henry Sutton George Purnell Fisher George Sweeney George Freaner Roger Brooke Taney George Tancard Garrison Philip Francis Thomas Charles Henry Gere Otis Henry Tiffany John Bannister Gibson Lemuel Todd Otis Gibson John Southgate Tucker Robert Cooper Grier Littleton Quinton Washington Charles Huston Frederick Watts John Auchincloss Inglis Henry Miller Watts John Jeremiah Jacob Edwin Hanson Webster Nathaniel Garland Keirle William Wilkins James Kerr Kelly Thomas Williams Jacob Armel Kiester Hendrick Bradley Wright William Carr Lane Seth Hartman Yocum Clinton Lloyd CHURCH AND FAITH Richard Armstrong Thomas Bowman George David Cummins Charles Force Deems John Fletcher Hurst Robert Samuel Maclay John McClintock John Winebrenner John Clarke Young ©2011 Dickinson College Compiled by House Divided Project EDUCATION Benjamin Arbogast Henry Lewis Baugher Jeremiah Chamberlain John Franklin Goucher Andrew Dousa Hepburn Charles Francis Himes Joshua Allan Lippincott Howard Malcolm James Miller McKim Samuel Simon Schmucker Andrew Severus Gibbons James Andrew McCauley SCIENCE AND LITERATURE Spencer Fullerton Baird George Washington Bethune Moncure Daniel Conway George Richard Crooks William Wood Gerhard Ferdinand James Samuel Gorgas John Perdue Gray Samuel Stehman Haldeman Caleb Burwell Rowan Kennerly Nathaniel Thomas Lupton Richard Alexander F. Penrose Rufus Edmonds Shapley James Henry Jarrett Theodore George Wormley COMMERCE AND TRADE Alfred Victor du Pont John Hays Francis Sutton Livingston Albert C. Ramsey John Horace Stevens James Wallace John Armstrong Wright ©2011 Dickinson College Compiled by House Divided Project UNION SOLDIERS CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS William Robinson Aldred Henry Anderson William Laws Cannon Flavel Cingan Barber Joseph Franklin Culver George Baylor Robert Miller Henderson Richard Lee Turberville Beale William Howard Irwin Rudolphus N. Cecil Clarence Gearhart Jackson Daniel Mountjoy Cloud Thomas Jefferson Jordan Thomas Nelson Conrad Horatio Collins King Zebulon Dyer Benjamin Peffer Lamberton Henry R. Gamble Alfred Brunson McCalmont William H. Getzendaner Thomas R. Orwig Marcus Lafayette Gordon James Croxall Palmer John Henry Grabill Joseph Benson Parker William Michael Harnsberger William Henry Penrose Jennings Marion Clarke Hulsey James Fowler Rusling William T. Kinzer John Radcliffe Smead Leven William Luckett Joseph Payson Wright John McCarty Jesse Bowman Young Samuel McClung McPherson William Capers Round .