Notable Modern and Former Southern Democrats
- Huey P. Long, former Louisiana governor and former U.S. Senator
- Earl Long, former three-term Louisiana governor Paul Newman played him in the movie Blaze regarding the life of Blaze Starr
- Lloyd Bentsen, former Representative and former U.S. Senator from Texas, former Secretary of the Treasury, and Democratic candidate for Vice President in 1988
- Jefferson Davis, former Representative and former U.S. Senator from Mississippi, President of Confederacy
- James O. Eastland, former U.S. Senator from Mississippi
- John R. Edwards, former U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 2004 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee, Democratic presidential candidate in 2004 and 2008.
- D. Robert Graham, former U.S. Senator from Florida and former Governor of Florida
- Richard Russell, former Georgia governor and former U.S. Senator from Georgia
- Lawton Chiles, former U.S. Senator from Florida and former Governor of Florida
- Estes Kefauver, former Representative, former U.S. Senator from Tennessee and 1956 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee
- Lyndon B. Johnson, former U.S. Representative and former Senator from Texas, Vice President of the United States (1961–1963), and President of the United States (1963–1969)
- Jimmy Carter, former Governor of Georgia and President of the United States (1977–1981)
- Bill Clinton, former Governor of Arkansas and President of the United States (1993–2001)
- Al Gore, former Representative and former U.S. Senator from Tennessee, Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) and 2000 Democratic nominee for President
- Paul Patton, former Governor of Kentucky
- J. William Fulbright, former Representative from Arkansas, former U.S. Senator from Arkansas and longest-served chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- Sam Rayburn, former Congressman from Texas and longest-served Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives-longest served in the House's history
- Sam Nunn, former U.S. Senator from Georgia
- Max Cleland, former U.S. Senator from Georgia
- James Hovis Hodges, former Governor of South Carolina
- Fritz Hollings, former U.S. Senator from South Carolina, former Governor of South Carolina, 1984 U.S. Presidential candidate
- Olin D. Johnston, former U.S. Senator from South Carolina and former Governor of South Carolina
- James F. Byrnes, former U.S. Secretary of State, former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, former Representative, former U.S. Senator, former Governor of South Carolina
- John Stennis, former U.S. Senator from Mississippi
- John McClellan, former Representative and former U.S. Senator from Arkansas
- Spessard Holland, former U.S. Senator from Florida and former Governor of Florida
- Reubin Askew, former Governor of Florida and 1984 U.S. Presidential candidate
- Phil Bredesen, former Governor of Tennessee
- Kathleen Blanco, former Governor of Louisiana
- Roy Barnes, former Governor of Georgia
- Blanche Lincoln, former Representative and former U.S. Senator from Arkansas
- Mark Pryor, current U.S. Senator from Arkansas
- David Pryor, former Representative, former U.S. Senator from Arkansas and former Governor of Arkansas
- Dale Bumpers, former U.S. Senator from Arkansas and former Governor of Arkansas
- Alben Barkley, former Representative, former U.S. Senator from Kentucky and former U.S. Vice President
- Travis Childers, former U.S. representative from Mississippi
- J. Bennett Johnston, former U.S. Senator from Louisiana
- Mary Landrieu, current U.S. Senator from Louisiana
- John Breaux, former Representative and former U.S. Senator from Louisiana
- Edwin Edwards, former Representative and former Governor of Louisiana
- Zell B. Miller, former U.S. Senator from Georgia and former Georgia governor
- Terry Sanford, former U.S. Senator and former Governor from North Carolina
- Kay Hagan, current U.S. Senator from North Carolina
- Richard Shelby, former Representative, current U.S. Senator from Alabama (Democrat until 1994, now Republican)
- J. Strom Thurmond, former U.S. Senator from South Carolina and former Governor of South Carolina (Democrat until 1964, then Republican until death), States' Right candidate (Dixiecrat) for President in 1948
- Mark R. Warner, Current U.S. Senator of Virginia, former Virginia governor
- Douglas Wilder, former Virginia Governor, first African-American ever elected Governor in the U.S., tried to go for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1991, but eventually withdrew in 1992
- Ralph Yarborough, former U.S. Senator from Texas
- Sonny Perdue, former Governor of Georgia (was once a Democrat, now Republican)
- Robert Byrd, former Representative, former U.S. Senator from West Virginia, presidential candidate, 1976
- Bill Nelson, former Representative, current U.S. Senator from Florida
- Howell Heflin, former senator from Alabama
- Mike Beebe, current Governor of Arkansas
- George C. Wallace, former governor of Alabama, American Independent Party candidate for President in 1968, ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972 and 1976
- Lester Maddox, former governor of Georgia
- Joseph Manchin III, former governor of West Virginia, current U.S. Senator from West Virginia, and former Southern Governors' Association chairman
- Wendell Ford, former Governor and former Senator from Kentucky
- A.B. "Happy" Chandler, former Governor and former Senator from Kentucky
- Steve Beshear, current Governor of Kentucky
- Martha Layne Collins, former Governor of Kentucky and chair of the 1984 Democratic National Convention
- Ben Chandler, former Attorney General of Kentucky and current Congressman from Kentucky
- Lawrence Patton McDonald, Former Representative from Georgia
- Tim Kaine, former Governor of Virginia and former Chairman of the DNC (now Debbie Wasserman Schultz)
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