Samuel Roper (Klansman)

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Samuel Roper

6th Imperial Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
In office August 18, 1949 – 1950
Preceded by	Samuel Green
Succeeded by	Eldon Edwards

Personal details
Born	(1895-04-10)April 10, 1895
Died	March 1, 1986(1986-03-01) (aged 90) Chiefland, Florida
Cause of death	Kidney failure

Samuel W. Roper (April 10, 1895 – March 1, 1986) was an American law enforcement official and Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan (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] He has also been directly implicated in the September 12, 1936, lynching and murder of Thomas Finch in Atlanta, Georgia.^[3]

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
^ Rosenwald, Michael S. (July 19, 2020). "A black man accused of rape, a white officer in the Klan, and a 1936 lynching that went unpunished". Washington Post. Retrieved July 28, 2020.

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Wall of Wizards via Ku Klux Klan

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

v t e Grand Wizards and Imperial Wizards of the Ku Klux Klan
First Klan	Nathan Bedford Forrest (1867–1869)
Second Klan	William Joseph Simmons (1915–1922) Hiram Wesley Evans (1922–1939) James A. Colescott (1939–1944)
Remnants of the Second Klan	Samuel Green (1946–1949) Samuel Roper (1949–1950) Eldon Edwards (c. 1950–1959) Roy Davis (1959–1964)
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) Thomas Robb (1989- )

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