The KKK in the 1920s v. the ACLU (Re: thread themes on outlawing fascistic racist speech

[Jon Fine]

I enjoyed the following post. I knew that the KKK had a huge following
in palces in the '20's--I recall, for some reason, Indiana as being one
of these places--but this history and ACLU bkgd. was new to me. 

One question for Nathan: 

Nathan wrote:
> 
> The leader of the KKK came very close to winning the Democratic nomination
> in 1928 (and he largely lost it only due to publicity around a sex
> scandal).  Some surprising people, including Justice Hugo Black who became
> a good friend of both free speech and civil rights, were caught up in the
> KKK of the 1920s.

who was the KKK head who almost walked away w/the Democratic nomination
in 1928? And did he have any other governmental affiliation--e.g., was
he a Congressman or Governor somewhere?

jf