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Famous Centre Alumni:
(Centre can boast an overall total of 43 elected alumni to House and 13 to the Senate.)

Joshua Fry Bell (Class of 1828) – The first Centre alumnus to serve in Congress
John Cabell Breckinridge (Class of 1838) – Vice President of the United States under Buchanan (1856-60)
John Marshall Harlan (Class of 1850) – Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court for 34 years (1877–1911). He cast the dissenting vote in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896; the text of his dissent became the basis for Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, opening the door for the Civil Rights Movement.
Adlai Stevenson (Class of 1860) – Vice President of the United States under Cleveland (1893-97), also served in Congress
T. Hunton Rogers (Class of 1914) – Developed octane rating system for fuel
Alfred Nugent Bo McMillin (Class of 1922) – Scored the winning touchdown in the famous C6H0 game. Later served as head coach at Indiana University, then the Detroit Lions and the Philadelphia Eagles
John Sherman Cooper (Class of 1922) – Was a Senator for 16 years and the first U.S. ambassador appointed to East Germany.

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