Grand Wizard

The Grand Wizard was the head of the Reconstruction-era Ku Klux Klan which was founded in 1865. The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, founded in 1915, styled their highest-ranking leader the Imperial Wizard. National officers were styled "Imperial" officers. State or "Realm" officers were styled "Grand" officers. A "Grand Dragon", for example, was the highest-ranking Klansman in a given state.

This article is about the Ku Klux Klan title. For the professional wrestling Producer who is known as "The Grand Wizard", see Ernie Roth.

Grand wizards or imperial wizards

1915–1944

This list excludes those Grand or Imperial Wizards of independent Klan factions:

Post World War II

Major Klan leaders following the disbandment of the second Klan:

  • Samuel Green, Imperial Wizard, Original Knights of the Ku Klu Klan, 1946-1949, Green reformed the KKK in 1946
  • Samuel Roper, Imperial Wizard, Original Knights of the Ku Klu Klan 1949-1950
  • Eldon Edwards, Imperial Wizard, Original Knights of the Ku Klu Klan, 1950-1959,
  • Roy Elonzo Davis, Imperial Wizard, Original Knights of the Ku Klu Klan, Knights of the Flaming Sword 1959-1964. Both organizations disbanded.
  • Robert Shelton, Grand Wizard, United Klans of America Inc., 1961-1987, Shelton started a new branch of the KKK
  • David Duke, Imperial Wizard, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, 1974-1981, Duke started a new branch of the KKK
  • James K. Dale, Imperial Wizard, UK Branch, 2014–2017
  • Rad U. Estherson, Imperial Wizard, UK Branch, 2017–

See also

References
  1. Wade 1987, p. 144.
  2. Wade 1987, p. 191.
  3. Wade 1987, p. 265.
  4. Wade 1987, p. 275.

Sources
  • Wade, Wyn Craig (1987). The Fiery Cross: the Ku Klux Klan in America. Oxford University Press US. ISBN 978-0-671-41476-4. OCLC 652217460 – via Internet Archive.
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