Pikes in Politics
Pi Kappa Alpha alumni who have served in the U.S. House of Representatives include:
LeRoy H. Anderson (D-MT) (Montana, Gamma Kappa 1957) 1957-1961
Leslie C. Arends (R-IL) (Illinois, Beta Eta 1961) 1935-1974
Richard K. “Dick” Armey (R-TX) (Texas-Arlington, Eta Upsilon 1987) 1985-2003
Herbert H. Bateman (R-VA) (William and Mary, Gamma 1946) 1983-2000
Tom Bevill (D-AL) (Tennessee, Zeta 1982) 1967-1997
Benjamin B. Blackburn III (R-GA) (Emory, Beta Kappa 1945) 1967-1975
John H. Buchanan, Jr. (R-AL) (Samford, Alpha Pi 1944) 1965-1981
J. Bayard Clark (D-NC) (North Carolina, Tau 1902) 1929-1949
Earle C. Clements (D-KY) (Kentucky, Omega 1916) 1945-1948
W. Thad Cochran (R-MS) (Mississippi, Gamma Iota 1956) 1973-1978
William M. Colmer (D-MS) (Millsaps, Alpha Iota 1910) 1933-1973
Silvio O. Conte (R-MA) (Massachusetts, Theta Mu 1986) 1959-1991
Robert E. “Bud” Cramer, Jr. (D-AL) (Alabama, Gamma Alpha 1968) 1991-2009
Charles J. Crist, Jr. (D-FL) (Florida State, Delta Lambda 1976) 2017-2022
Glenn C. Cunningham (R-NE) (Nebraska-Omaha, Delta Chi 1952) 1957-1971
Everett M. Dirksen (R-IL) (Bradley, Delta Sigma 1960) 1933-1949
Edwin W. Edwards (D-LA) (Millsaps, Alpha Iota 1980) 1965-1972
Ezekiel C. Gathings (D-AR) (Alabama, Gamma Alpha 1924) 1939-1969
John P. Hammerschmidt (R-AR) (Arkansas, Alpha Zeta 1972) 1967-1993
Ned R. Healy (D-CA) (Wisconsin, Beta Xi 1926) 1945 - 1947
David N. Henderson (D-NC) (Davidson, Beta 1939) 1961-1977
Jon C. Hinson (R-MS) (Mississippi, Gamma Iota 1964) 1979-1981
Paul C. Jones (D-MO) (Missouri, Alpha Nu 1918) 1948-1969
David S. King (D-UT) (Utah, Alpha Tau 1935) 1959-1963 and 1965-1967
Jon L. Kyl (R-AZ) (Arizona, Gamma Delta 1961) 1987-1995 and 2018
Nicholas V. Lampson (D-TX) (Lamar, Epsilon Kappa 1964) 1997-2005 and 2007-2009
Chester McMullen, Sr. (D-FL) (Florida, Alpha Eta 1921) 1951-1953
Alan B. Mollohan (D-WV) (William and Mary, Gamma 1963) 1983-2011
Maston E. O’Neal Jr. (D-GA) (Davidson, Beta and Emory, Beta Kappa 1926) 1965-1971
Edward A. Pease (R-IN) (Indiana, Delta Xi, 1971) 1997-2001
Alexander Pirnie (R-NY) (Cornell, Beta Theta 1923) 1959-1973
Joe R. Pool (D-TX) (Texas, Beta Mu 1930) 1963-1968
C. Patrick Roberts (R-KS) (Kansas State, Alpha Omega 1955) 1981-1997
A. Willis Robertson (D-VA) (Richmond, Omicron 1904) 1933-1946
William C. Rogers (D-OK) (Oklahoma, Beta Omicron 1938) 1933-1943
