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Influential Christian Identity advocate

William Potter Gale (1916–1988) was an American political activist who was involved with several white supremacist groups, including Christian Identity and the Posse Comitatus.

He had connections to the Church of Jesus Christ–Christian, Aryan Nations, the sovereign citizen movement, and the militia movement.^{[citation needed]}

Early life and career

William Potter Gale was born on November 20, 1916, the fourth of five children of Charles Gale and Mary Agnes Potter.

He was named after his maternal grandfather, William Potter. According to Gale's daughters in interviews with author Daniel Levitas after Gale's death, Charles Gale arrived in the United States in 1894, fleeing from the antisemitic pogroms and the economic instability which were occurring in the Russian Empire, changing his family's name from "Grabifker" to Gale.

At the age of 18, Charles Gale lied about his age and place of birth in order to s