Southern Union Conference Presidents

The Southern Union Conference was voted on April 9, 1901, and officially organized on May 1 with headquarters in Nashville, TN. In 1908 the Union was divided into the Southern Union and the Southeastern Union. This arrangement lasted until 1932 when the two unions were reunited into the Southern Union. The territory includes Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. Its headquarters is in Peachtree Corners, GA.

R. M. Kilgore, 1901–1902

G. I. Butler, 1902-1908

G. A. Irwin, 1908–1909

C. F. McVagh, 1909–1912

S. E. Wight, 1912–1920

J. L. McElhany, 1920–1922

Charles Thompson, 1922

G. W. Wells, 1922–1926

J. J. Nethery, 1926–1928

N. S. Ashton, 1928–1932

S. A. Ruskjer, 1932–1935

G. A. Roberts, 1935–1936

J. K. Jones, 1936–1943

E. F. Hackman, 1943–1947

V. G. Anderson, 1948–1957

D. R. Rees, 1957–1964

LeRoy J. Leiske, 1964–1965

H. H. Schmidt, 1965–1980

A. C. McClure, 1980–1990

M. D. Gordon, 1990–2003

Gordon Retzer, 2003-2011

Ron Smith, 2011 –

W. A. Westworth, 1908–1909

Charles Thompson, 1909–1912

C. B. Stephenson, 1912–1913

O. Montgomery, 1913–1915

W. H. Branson, 1915–1919

W. H. Heckman, 1919–1932