Founders of the Independence Party (HSE)

The Founders of the Independence Party (HSE)Independence Party were a group of Confederate politicians who, dissatisfied with the pro-Soviet Union policies of the States' Rights Party under Gary Bauer, founded their own political party in Charleston, South Carolina in 2002. The entire group of founders became officials in the Confederate government after their victory in the 2004 elections.

The founding members were:
 * Mike Huckabee, later President of the Confederacy
 * Robert J. Bentley, later Vice President
 * Newt Gingrich, later Secretary of State
 * Haley Barbour, later Director of Immigration Affiars
 * Rush Limbaugh, later Secretary of Information
 * Eric Cantor, later Speaker of the Confederate House of Representatives
 * Nathan Deal, later Supreme Justice
 * Rick Scott, later Secretary of the Navy