Samuel Roper (Ku Klux Klan)

For other people named Samuel Roper, see Samuel Roper (disambiguation).

Samuel W. "Sam" Roper (April 10, 1895 – March 1, 1986) was an American law enforcement official and Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).

Biography

Prior to his position in the KKK, Roper was an Atlanta, Georgia police officer and the second Director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. After leaving law enforcement, in 1949, Roper succeeded Samuel Green as Imperial Wizard of the KKK, and held that position until 1950.^[1] His successor was Eldon Edwards.^[2]

Roper moved to Florida in 1972 and was a resident of Chiefland, Florida at the time of his death.

He died of kidney failure at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Gainesville, Florida on March 1, 1986.

References

↑ Staff report (August 28, 1949). Ex-Chief of Georgia G-men is new head of Ku Klux Klan. Chicago Tribune
↑ Staff report (March 4, 1986). Samuel W. Roper, 90, was second director of GBI in early 1940s. Atlanta Journal-Constitution

External links

Wall of Wizards via Ku Klux Klan

Preceded by Samuel Green	Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan 1949 – 1950	Succeeded by Eldon Edwards

Grand Wizards and Imperial Wizards of the Ku Klux Klan

First Klan Nathan Bedford Forrest (1867–1869)

Second Klan and remnants William Joseph Simmons (1915–1922) Hiram Wesley Evans (1922–1939) James A. Colescott (1939–1944) Samuel Green (1946–1949) Samuel Roper (1949–1950) Eldon Edwards (c. 1950 – 1960)

United Klans of America Robert Shelton (1960–1987)

White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Samuel Bowers (1964–1989) Johnny Lee Clary (1989–1990)

Knights of the Ku Klux Klan David Duke (1974–1979/1980) Don Black (1979/1980–1981)

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