List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
Name Class Notability
Thomas Hart Benton - Former senator from Missouri
John Branch 1801 Former governor of and U.S. senator from North Carolina ; Secretary of the Navy
Thomas Lanier Clingman 1832 Former U.S. senator and U.S. representative from North Carolina
John Eaton Grad Senator from Tennessee and Secretary of War
John Edwards Grad Former U.S . Senator from North Carolina ; 2004 Democratic candidate for vice president ; 2004 and 2008 Democratic primary candidate for presidential nomination
Samuel James Ervin Jr 1917 Former senator from North Carolina
William Alexander Graham 1824 / Grad 19th-century US senator and governor of North Carolina ; Secretary of the Navy ; vice-presidential candidate , and CSA Senator
William Henry Haywood , Jr 1819 / Grad Former senator from North Carolina
Willie Person Mangum 1815 / Grad Former senator from North Carolina
Alfred O. P. Nicholson 1827 Former senator from Tennessee
John Pool 1847 Former senator from North Carolina
Terry Sanford 1939 / Grad Former senator from and governor of North Carolina ; president of Duke University
William R. Webb 1867 / Grad Former senator from Tennessee
Paul Wellstone 1965 / Grad Former senator from Minnesota
Politics and public life -- U.S . Senators
This is a list of notable alumni of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.