APPLICATIONS
Applications for the 2024 Boys State function are now closed.
Applications have now been accepted from High School Juniors who are approaching their 2024-2025 Senior year in school. Due to the limited funds of this Conroe Post 411 we must limit our funding of potential candidates BUT we will sponsor all eligible candidates with their own funding. The cost of the 2024 Boys State Program is approximately $330.00. If you want more information on this function please leave us an email at conroe411@yahoo.com
We are sending ten boys to Boys State this year. These boys are form Conroe High School, Caney Creek High School and Lake Creek High School. We wish all of these young men the best in their time in Austin this year.
All candidates and their parents, that the post funds, MUST sign a form agreeing to reimburse the post if the post pays the fee and the student does not go to the camp.
Below is a list of notable people that have successfully attended the American legion Boys State or Boys Nation:
PROMINENT GRADUATES OF AMERICAN LEGION BOYS STATE
STATE | NAME | CAREER |
AK | Kevin Collier | National Commander, Sons of The American Legion 2015-16 |
AK | Loren Leman | Alaska Lt. Governor |
AL | E. C. “Sonny” Hornsby | Former Chief Justice Alabama Supreme Court |
AL | Fob James | Former Governor Alabama |
AL | Donald James | CEO Vulcan Materials, Inc. |
AL | Robert Bentley | Governor Alabama |
AL | Mike Warren | CEO Energen |
AL | Don James | CEO Vulcan Materials |
AR | William J. Clinton | U.S. President, Arkansas Governor (Boys Nation) |
AR | Fred Akers | Head Football Coach – WY, TX, Purdue |
AR | Mike Huckabee | Former Arkansas Governor; FOX talk show host |
AR | David Pryor | Former U.S. Senator |
AR | General Wesley Clark | Retired General, U.S. Army |
AR | Keith Jackson | All-Pro NFL tight end |
AR | Mike Beebe | Governor Arkansas |
AR | Tom Cotton | U.S. Congressman |
AZ | Bruce Babbitt | Former Arizona Governor, Sec of Interior 1993-2001 |
AZ | Ernest Calderon | Chairman, Arizona Board of Regents |
AZ | Fred DuVal | Clinton Advisor; Chief of Protocol |
AZ | Jim Shumway | Arizona Secretary of State |
AZ | Jonathan Larkin | Arizona House of Representatives |
AZ | Bill Gates | Phoenix City Councilman |
AZ | Ken Bennett | Former Arizona Secretary of State |
CA | Donal F. Logue | Actor/Producer-best known for his early 2000s Fox sitcom: Grounded for Life. (Boys Nation President – 1983) |
CA | Gaddi Vasquez | Director, US Peace Corps |
CA | John Perez | Speaker, California Assembly |
CA | Peter Sims | Award-winning author |
CA | Jonathan Shapiro | Emmy Award Winny Producer/Writer “The Prctice”;
“Boston Legal”; Blacklist” (Boys Nation President – 1980) |
CA | Andre Quintero | Mayor of El Monte (Boys Nation) |
CA | Steven Ly | Former Mayor of Rosemead |
CA | Ron Rivera | Head Coach Carolina Panthers NFL |
CA | Jeff Pash | General Counsel NFL |
CO | Brett Johnson | Colorado State Deputy Treasurer |
CO | Mike Coffman | U.S. Congressman |
CO | Ed Perlman | U.S. Congressman |
CO | John Griego | Veterans Constituent Advocate to Senator Michael Bennet (Boys Nation) |
CO | Wayne Williams | Colorado Secretary of State |
CT | Joseph Lieberman | U.S. Senator (Boys Nation) |
CT | Bill O’Neill | Former Governor of Connecticut |
CT | Chris Murphy | U.S. Senator |
DE | Joseph R Biden III (Beau) | DE Attorney General (Boys Nation) |
DE | Jeff Bullock | Delaware Secretary of State |
DE | John DiLeuterio | Chief of Staff (in state) Sen. Biden’s Office (Boys Nation) |
FL | Charlie Crist | Former Florida Governor |
FL | Donald Tucker | Former U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic |
FL | Lawton Chiles | Former Florida Governor; U.S. Senator |
FL | Thomas Wetherell | Former president Florida State University |
FL | Reubin Askew | Former Florida Governor |
FL | Glenn Hubbard | Former Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors |
GA | Sam Nunn | Former U.S. Senator |
GA | Robert S. Turner | Past Nat’l Commander – American Legion |
GA | Gyneth Waldron | Originated “Dukes of Hazzard” TV/Movie Writer |
GA | Hines Ward | MVP Super Bowl XL – Pittsburgh Steelers |
GA | Eric Berry | Former NFL player |
ID | Mike Crapo | U.S. Senator |
ID | Lou Dobbs | TV anchor man |
IL | Roger Ebert | Pulitzer Prize Winner – Movie Critic |
IL | Jim Peters | Author – “Arlington National Cemetery” |
IL | Michael Flanagan | Former U.S. Congressman |
IL | Steven Osusami | Award winning ABC News correspondent |
IN | Richard Lugar | Former U.S. Senator |
IN | Mitchell Daniels | Former Governor; President Purdue University |
IN | Dale Barnett | American Legion National Commander 2015-16 |
IA | Charles Grassley | U.S. Senator |
IA | Michael Johanns | Former Secretary of Agriculture; Former Nebraska
Governor |
KS | John Carlin | Former Governor of Kansas; Nat’l Archivist |
KS | Delano Lewis | Former Ambassador to South Africa |
KS | Ajit Pai | FCC Commissioner |
KS | Derek Schmidt | Kansas Attorney General |
KS | Josh Svaty | Former Kansas Secretary of Agriculture |
KS | Steve Doocy | Commentator “Fox and Friends” TV news show |
KY | Julian M. Carroll | Former Governor of Kentucky |
KY | Joddy Richard | Speaker of the House Kentucky House of Representatives |
KY | Tim Moore | Kentucky House of Representatives |
LA | Edwin Edwards | Former Louisiana Governor |
LA | James Carville | Political consultant |
LA | John Breau | U.S. Congressman |
LA | David Vitter | U.S. Senator |
LA | Buddy Roemer | Former Louisiana Governor |
LA | Ray Mabus | Former Mississippi Governor; Secretary of the Navy |
MA | Michael Dukakis | MA Governor/Presidential Candidate |
MA | Dan Duquette | GM Baltimore Orioles MLB |
MA | Mike Hazen | GM Boston Red Sox MLB |
MD | Dilip Paliath | Governor’s Legislative Assistant |
MD | Sean Fahey | Rhodes Scholar, U.S. Naval Academy |
MD | Lt. Cdr. Patrick McClanahan | White House Fellow |
ME | John Balducci | U.S. Congressman; Former Governor (ME) |
ME | John McKernan | U.S. Congressman; Former Governor (ME) |
MI | Peter McPherson | President, Michigan State University |
MI | Charles Pope | Michigan District Court Judge |
MI | Dr. Grant Comer | Retina Eye Surgeon |
MI | Dr. Owen Pertman | Traumatic Brain Injury Specialist |
MS | Trent Lott | U.S. Senator |
MO | Scott Bakula | Actor |
MO | Matt Blunt | Former Governor of Missouri |
MO | Rush Limbaugh | Journalist, Author |
MO | Stan Kroenke | Owner of professional sports teams |
MO | David Koechner | Actor |
MO | Bob Kustra | President, Boise State University |
MO | Robert Holden | Former Governor of Missouri |
MO | Ted Kulongoski | Governor of Oregon |
MO | Scott Murphy | U.S. Congressman – D- NY 20th Dist. – (Boys Nation) |
MO | Jim Bohannon | Radio Personality |
MO | Thomas Plaskett | Former President of American Airlines, Continental, Airlines, and Pan Am Airlines |
MT | Max Baucus | U.S. Senator/U.S. Ambassador to China (Boys Nation) |
MT | Steve Bullock | Governor Montana (Boys Nation) |
MT | Steve Daines | U.S. Congressman |
MT | Ryan Zinke | U.S. House of Representatives |
ND | Phil Jackson | Coach of NBA Chicago and LA teams |
ND | John Hoeven | Former North Dakota Governor; U.S. Senator |
ND | Drew Wrigley | Lt. Governor, North Dakota |
ND | Joel Heitkamp | Radio talk show personality |
ND | Jim Ramstad | Former U.S. Congressman |
NE | MG Roger Lempke | Adjutant General, Mil. Dept. of Nebraska |
NE | Dave Heineman | Lt. Governor of Nebraska |
NE | Jon Bruning | Nebraska Attorney General |
NE | Ben Nelson | U.S. Senator; Former Governor of Nebraska |
NE | Dr. Ben Sasse | President, Midland University |
NC | James Hunt | Former Governor of North Carolina |
NC | Michael Jordan | Professional Athlete |
NC | James Martin | Governor of North Carolina |
NC | Richard Riley | NC Governor/Secretary of Education |
NJ | Robert Menendez | U.S. Senator |
NJ | Christopher Christie | Governor, New Jersey (Boys Nation) |
NJ | Samuel Alito | Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court |
NJ | Rob Andrews | Member of House of Representatives |
NJ | Jon Bon Jovi | Rock Star |
NJ | James Bracchitta | Actor |
NJ | James Gandolfini | Actor |
NJ | Bruce Springsteen | Professional musician |
NJ | Leonard Vance | U.S. Congressman – New Jersey |
NJ | Cory Booker | U.S. Senator |
NJ | Aneesh Chopra | First U.S. Chief Technology Officer (Boys Nation) |
NY | George Pataki | Former Governor of New York |
NY | Dr. Nick Sallese | Renowned Professor at St. John’s Univ. |
NY | Frank Patience | Secretary of the New York Senate |
NY | David Valesky | New York State Senator |
OH | Neil Armstrong | NASA Astronaut – First to walk on the moon |
OH | Michael Oxley | U.S. Congressman – Ohio |
OH | Thomas Moyer | Chief Justice – Ohio Supreme Court |
OH | Lt. Col. Carl Walz | NASA Astronaut |
OH | Col. Terence Henricks | NASA Astronaut |
OH | Dr. Michael Gearnhart | NASA Astronaut |
OH | Paul Gilmore | U.S. Congressman – Ohio |
OH | Randy Gradishar | Former NFL linebacker – Denver Broncos; member, College Football Hall of Fame |
OH | Joe Johns | Reporter – CNN |
OH | Col. Gregory Johnson | NASA Astronaut |
OH | Greg Lashutka | Former Mayor, Columbus, Ohio |
OH | Major David Moreland | U.S. Air Force Major. Three year tour as Maintenance Officer of the Air force “Thunderbirds”. Recently appointed as the Aide-De-Camp for the SAF Chief of Staff with the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon. |
OH | Larry Smith | College Football Coach – Tulane, Arizona, USC, Missouri |
OH | Darrin Blackford | U.S. Secret Service Agent. Member of the Presidential Protection details for Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush. |
OH | Richard Cordray | Former Ohio State Treasurer and Attorney General. Former contestant on the television show “Jeopardy” |
OH | Roger Ailes | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FOX News Channel |
OH | Chris Workman | Executive Goldman Sachs (Boys Nation President 1989) |
OH | Alan Penn | President – Kiwanis International 2011 – 2012 |
OH | William Batchelder | Speaker of the House – Ohio House of Representatives |
OH | Clarence Hill | American Legion National Commander 2009 – 2010 |
OH | Jon Waters | Director – Ohio State University Marching Band |
OH | Paul Pride | Colonel/Superintendent Ohio State Highway Patrol |
OH | Tim Gorrell | Director Ohio Department of Veterans Affairs |
OH | Randy Cole | Executive Director Ohio Turnpike Commission |
OH | Hugh Hewitt | National syndicated radio talk show host “Hugh Hewitt Show” |
OH | Jimmy “Jimmy Jam”
Shaheen |
National syndicated radio talk show host “Dave and Jimmy Show” |
OH | Hon. Michael Newman | United States Magistrate Judge; President, Federal Bar Association |
OK | Gene Stephenson | Former head baseball coach Wichita State University |
PA | Admiral Jonathan Greeenert | Former Chief of Naval Operations |
PA | Nick Troiano | Politician |
OR | Phil Keisling | Oregon Secretary of State |
SC | Craig Melvin | Anchor – MSNBC |
SC | Richard Riley | Former Gov and Sec of Educ. (Clinton) |
SC | Joe Riley | Mayor of Charleston, SC |
SC | Vonnie Holiday | NFL Player (Packers and Broncos) |
SC | Tim Scott | U.S. Senator |
SC | Joel Smith | Former CEO – Bank of America |
SC | Ryan McGee | Commentator/Writer ESPN the Magazine |
SC | Corey Chavis | Former NFL player/current TV analyst |
SC | Richard Gergel | U.S. District Court Judge – South Carolina |
SD | Tom Brokaw | NBC News Anchor |
SD | Col. Charles Gemar | Astronaut |
SD | Al Neuharth | Founder of USA Today |
SD | Larry Pressler | Former U.S. Senator |
SD | Tom Daschle | Former Senate Minority Leader |
SD | John Thune | U.S. Senator |
TN | Lamar Alexander | Former Governor and U.S. Senator |
TX | Alan Keyes | Presidential Candidate; talk show host |
TX | Scott Scarborough | President, University of Akron |
TX | Derek Eagleton | Senior Director of Media and Programming, Dallas Cowboys |
TX | Michael Dudley | Live announcer of Presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush; Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall |
TX | Pete Olsen | U.S. Congressman |
TX | Patrick Rose | 3-term Texas House of Representative |
TX | Dan Gattis | 3-term Texas House of Representative |
TX | Gray Miller | U.S. District Court Judge (Texas Boys State Governor and
Boys Nation President) |
UT | Mike Lee | U.S. Senator (Boys Nation) |
UT | David Barlow | U.S. Attorney – District of Utah (Boys Nation) |
VA | Carroll Dale | Former NFL Player – Superbowl |
VA | Angus King | U.S. Senator (ME); Former Governor (ME) |
WA | Randy Revelle | Former Lt. Gov. of Washington |
WI | Robert G. Froehlke | Former Secretary of the Army |
WI | Donald G. Iselin | Rear Admiral, United States Navy |
WI | James Scott McCallum | Former Governor Wisconsin |
WI | Thomas E. Petri | U.S. Congressman – Wisconsin |
WI | Scott Walker | Governor, Wisconsin (Boys Nation) |
WI | Martin J. Schrieber | Former Governor Wisconsin |
WI | William Steiger | US Congressman |
WI | Dan Travanti | Actor |
WI | Al Jarreau | Award Winning Singer and Entertainer |
WI | James Santelle | U.S. Attorney – Southeast Wisconsin |
WI | Dick Bennett | College Basketball Coach |
WI | Brad Smith | President of Microsoft & their Chief Legal Counsel |
WV | Bob Wise | Former U.S. Congressman and Governor of WV |
WV | Nick Saban | Head football coach University of Alabama |
WY | Richard Cheney | U.S. Vice President/Congressman |