Hiram Wesley Evans (1881–1966), part of a group that ousted William Joseph Simmons from the position of
Imperial Wizard in November 1922. Evans was Imperial Wizard from 1922 to 1939, during which time the Klan's membership peaked.
James A. Colescott (1897–1950), Imperial Wizard, 1939-1944. Colescott dissolved the organization after the IRS filed a lien for $685,305 in unpaid taxes, penalties and interest from 1920s against the Klan.
Samuel Green[2] (1889–1949), briefly Imperial Wizard of a reorganized Klan in 1949, but died of a
heart attack within two weeks of his election.
Johnny Lee Clary (1959–2014), Imperial Wizard in 1989 of the White Knights Organization but subsequently renounced his membership and became an
ordained Christian minister speaking against racism and movements such as the Ku Klux Klan.
Eldon Edwards (1909–1960), Imperial Wizard of the KKK from 1953–1960.
Roy Elonzo Davis (1890-1967) Second in command of 1915 KKK under William Simmons, Grand Dragon of Texas under Eldon Edwards, Imperial Wizard of Original Knights of KKK 1958-1966
Samuel Roper (1895–1986), law enforcement officer turned Imperial Wizard of the KKK, from 1949–1950. He was preceded by Samuel Green, and was later succeeded by Eldon Lee Edwards.