Bertrand Lewis Comparet (c1900-1983) was an influential figure in the development of the Christian Identity movement.
While in high school in 1919, he won the silver medal in the championship of the Southern California Debating League.
[6]: 60 [5]: 406 Comparet joined with Wesley Swift to form the Anglo Saxons Christian Congregation.
[7] In the 1954 election, Comparet provided legal representation to the Christian Nationalist Party to conduct a write-in campaign for Douglas MacArthur for president and Senator Jack B. Tenney for vice-president, with the hope that the Republican and Democrat candidates would be so close, neither would have a majority, leading to a vote in the House of Representatives, which could then elect MacArthur.
[12] In 1965, Comparet handled the defense of Dennis Patrick Mower, another Minuteman member and a minister[clarification needed] who stood trial on charges related to the illegal transfer of an automatic weapon.