Joint Select Committee on the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States (1872). The nominee was elected quickly, and in keeping with the off-the-cuff impulsiveness of the early Klan, was designated grand wizard of the Invisible Empire. "The Wizard of the Saddle, General Nathan Bedford Forrest," a voice from the back of the room called out. The next order of business was the naming of a leader and the designation of his title. The Fiery Cross: The Ku Klux Klan in America. Ku Klux Klan: Its Origins, Growth and Disbandment. Montclair, NJ: Patterson Smith Publishing Corporation. Invisible Empire: The Story of the Ku Klux Klan, 1866–1871. Estherson, Imperial Wizard, UK Branch, 2017–present Dale, Imperial Wizard, UK Branch, 2014–2017 Thomas "Thom" Robb, National Director, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, 1989–present.Stanley McCollum, Imperial Wizard, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, 1981–1989.Bill Wilkinson, Imperial Wizard, Invisible Empire Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, 1975–1981, Wilkinson formed a competing branch which, at the time, was the largest national KKK organization.David Duke, Imperial Wizard, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, 1974–1981, Duke started a new branch of the KKK.Robert Shelton, Grand Wizard, United Klans of America Inc., 1961–1987, Shelton started a new branch of the KKK.Roy Elonzo Davis, Imperial Wizard, Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Knights of the Flaming Sword 1959–1964.
Eldon Edwards, Imperial Wizard, Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, 1950–1959,.Samuel Roper, Imperial Wizard, Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan 1949–1950.Samuel Green, Imperial Wizard, Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, 1949, Green reformed the KKK in 1946.Major Klan leaders following the disbandment of the second Klan: ( February 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Colescott, Imperial Wizard, second Klan, 1939–1944 Colescott disbanded the KKK in 1944. Hiram Wesley Evans, Imperial Wizard, second Klan, 1922–1939.William Joseph Simmons, Imperial Wizard, second Klan, 1915–1922.Nathan Bedford Forrest, Grand Wizard, 1867–1869, Forrest resigned in 1869 and ordered the KKK dissolved although the group remained active until 1872.The Ku Klux Klan was founded by six confederate veterans in 1865 but did not elect a Grand Wizard until after Nathan Bedford Forrest joined in 1867. This list excludes those Grand or Imperial Wizards of independent Klan factions: For example, a "Grand Dragon" was the highest-ranking Klansman in a given state. State or "Realm" officers were styled "Grand" officers. The second Klan, founded in 1915, styled their national leader the "Imperial Wizard." National officers were styled "Imperial" officers. The title "Grand Wizard" was used by the first Klan which was founded in 1865 and which existed during the Reconstruction era until 1872. The Grand Wizard (later the Grand and Imperial Wizard simplified as the Imperial Wizard and eventually, the National Director) was the national leader of several different Ku Klux Klan organizations in the United States and abroad. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. This article relies largely or entirely on a single source.
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