Samuel Roper (Ku Klux Klan)

Samuel Roper
6th Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
In office August 18, 1949 – 1950
Preceded by	Samuel Green (Ku Klux Klan)
Succeeded by	Eldon Edwards

Samuel W. "Sam" Roper (April 10, 1895 – March 1, 1986) was an American law enforcement official and Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).

Prior to his position in the KKK, Roper was an Atlanta, Georgia police officer and the second Director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. After leaving law enforcement, in 1949, Roper succeeded Samuel Green as Imperial Wizard of the KKK, and held that position until 1950. His successor was Eldon Edwards.

Roper moved to Florida in 1972 and was a resident of Chiefland, Florida at the time of his death.

He died of kidney failure at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Gainesville, Florida on March 1, 1986.

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