Sumner by sending Preston Brooks a new gold-headed cane to replace his broken one. Possessions The Sully Portrait is one of the only portraits of Thomas Jefferson painted from life. It was painted by Thomas Sully and is loaned to the University of Virginia to be displayed in the Rotunda. Edgar Allan Poe signed a minutes book one evening during which he served as secretary pro tem. His signature was later clipped out by Lancelot Blackford in the 1850s, stealing it, yet also saving it from the Great Rotunda Fire in 1895. Society alumni raised money to buy the signature from a collector in the early 1980s, in honor of their friend and fellow alumnus, James F. Perz. The signature is kept in secure storage as part of the University library's special collections. Thomas Woodrow Wilson signed one of the roll books during his tenure as the Society's President. Furthermore, the Society's minute books also contain many sets of handwritten minutes signed by Wilson when he was the Society's Secretary. Notable members Edgar Allan Poe, author of "The Raven" Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States Edward Stettinius Jr., Secretary of State and Ambassador to the United Nations Hugh Scott, United States Representative and Senator from Pennsylvania Colgate W. Darden, Governor of Virginia John T. Casteen III, University of Virginia President James Gilmore III, Governor of Virginia Deidre Downs, Miss America 2005 Jamelle Bouie, political correspondent and journalist Barbara M.G. Lynn, Chief United States District Judge Honorary members James Madison, 4th President of the United States James Monroe, 5th President of the United States Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, former First Lady of the United States William Faulkner, Nobel Prize for Literature recipient Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Thomas Jefferson turned down an invitation for honorary membership in an August 12, 1825 letter, citing his need to avoid altering his relationship with the University and its students. Related The Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Philodemic Society at Georgetown University The Philolexian Society at Columbia University The Philomathean Society at the University of Pennsylvania The Union-Philanthropic Society at Hampden–Sydney College The Eumenean Society and Philanthropic Society at Davidson College The Euphradian Society and Clariosophic Society at the University of South Carolina The Washington Literary Society and Debating Union at the University of Virginia