The Union-Philanthropic Society is a college literary and debating society at Hampden–Sydney College in Hampden Sydney, Virginia. It was formed by the merger of the Union Literary Society and the Philanthropic Literary Society in 1928. The society has both collegiate and honorary members. Following are some of its notable members.

Collegiate members

NameSociety membership and yearNotabilityJames Waddel AlexanderPresbyterian minister and theologianJ. Harrison Hancock. “Life and Thought in a Student Organization of the Old South.” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 47, no. 4 (1939): 319.Thomas Salem BocockPhilanthropic, 1838United States House of Representatives and Speaker of the Confederate House of RepresentativesAlexander Lee BondurantPhilanthropic, 1884Superintendent of the Mississippi Board of Education and professor at the University of MississippiJohn Luster Brinkley Union-Philanthropic, 1959Professor of classics and historian at Hampden–Sydney CollegeJoseph Carrington CabellUnion, 1796Co-founder of the University of VirginiaRobert Lewis DabneyPhilanthropic, 1840Christian theologian, biographer, and chief of staff to General Thomas J. "Stonewall" JacksonJohn EarlyMethodist Bishop who helped found Randolph–Macon CollegePowhatan EllisUnion, 1816United States Senator, justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi, United States district judge, and Charge d'affaires to Mexico John FloydUnion,1797Governor of VirginiaHugh A. GarlandPhilanthropic, 1825United States House of Representatives, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Greek professorLandon C. GarlandPhilanthropic, 1829 President of Randolph–Macon College, president of University of Alabama, and chancellor of Vanderbilt UniversityWilliam Henry HarrisonUnion, 1790President of the United StatesEdward HenryUnion, 1793lawyer and son of Patrick HenryAndrew Hunter Union, 1822)Commonwealth Attorney who prosecuted John Brown, Confederate State Congress, member of the staff of General Robert E. LeeThomas Watkins LigonUnion, 1830Governor of Maryland and United States House of RepresentativesRichard A. McIlwainePhilanthropic, 1853President of Hampden–Sydney College and ministerPhilip Watkins McKinneyPhilanthropic, 1851Governor of VirginiaJohn Peter MettauerPhilanthropic, 1811 Surgeon and founder of the Randolph-Macon Medical SchoolWilliam Ballard Preston Philanthropic, 1824United States House of Representatives, United States Secretary of the NavySterling PricePhilanthropic, 1830United States House of Representatives, Governor of Missouri, and Major General in the Confederate States ArmyRoger Atkinson Pryor Union, 1846United States House of Representatives, Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court, Confederate States House of Representatives, Brigadier General in the Confederate State Army, and Diplomat to GreeceWilliam Cabell Rives Philanthropic, 1811United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, Confederate States House of Representatives, and U.S. Minister to FranceFrancis August Schaeffer Union-Philanthropic, 1935Presbyterian pastor, evangelical theologian, and philosopherJohn W. StevensonUnion, 1832Governor of Kentucky

Honorary members

NameSociety membership and yearNotabilityArchibald AlexanderHon. Union, 1800President of Hampden–Sydney College and founder of Princeton Theological SeminaryMrs. P. T. AtkinsonHon. Union-Philanthropic, 1968Founder of the Esther Thomas Atkinson Museum of Hampden–Sydney CollegeP. G. T. BeauregardHon. Philanthropic, 1861Major-General of the Confederate States ArmyJames BuchananHon. Philanthropic, 1848United States Senator and President of the United StatesJohn C. CalhounHon. Union, 1834United States Senator and Vice President of the United StatesHenry ClayHon. Union, 1842United States Senator and presidential candidateJefferson Davis Hon. Philanthropic, 1854United States Senator, United States Secretary of War, and President of the Confederate States of AmericaStephen A. DouglasHon. Philanthropic, 1853United States Senator and 1860 Democratic nominee for PresidentMillard Fillmore Hon.President of the United StatesAnita GarlandHon. Union-PhilanthropicDean of Admissions of Hampden–Sydney CollegeBasil Lanneau Gildersleeve Hon. Classical scholar and authorPatrick HenryHon. Union, 1794Founding Father of the United States, Governor of Virginia, and founding trustee of Hampden–Sydney CollegeJohn JohnsHon.Episcopal Bishop and president of College of William & MaryRobert E. LeeHon. Philanthropic, 1861Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Northern Virginia and president of Washington College (later Washington and Lee University)Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHon. Philanthropic, 1854 Poet and professor of Greek at Harvard UniversityLouis Philippe IHon. Philanthropic, 1848King of FranceJames MadisonHon.President of the United StatesThomas P. O’Neill Hon. Union-Philanthropic, 1986Speaker of the United States House of RepresentativesFranklin PierceHon. Philanthropic, 1853President of the United StatesEdgar Allan PoeHon. Philanthropic, 1830Author and editor of the Southern Literary MessengerSamuel Stanhope SmithHon. Union, 1790 President of Princeton University and the first President of Hampden–Sydney CollegeAdlai StevensonHon. Union-Philanthropic, 1952Governor of Illinois and 1952 Democratic Party candidate for presidentWilliam Makepeace ThackerayHon. Philanthropic, 1854novelistJohn TylerHon. Philanthropic, 1830President of the United States, Vice President of the United States, and Confederate House of RepresentativesGeorge F. WillHon. Union-Philanthropic, 1986 The Washington Post columnist and political commentator for NBC News and MSNBCSamuel Vaughan WilsonHon. Union-Philanthropic, 1982 Lieutenant general in the United States Army, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and President of Hampden–Sydney College

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