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Alexander H. Stephens

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(February 11, 1812 — March 4, 1883) Alexander Hamilton Stephens was a teacher, lawyer, and politician. Stephens was born in Crawfordville, Georgia in 1812. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1832. After teaching school for a time, Stephens studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1834. He served in the State House of Representatives (1836-1841) and in the State Senate (1842). Stephens was elected as a Whig to the United States House of Representatives and served during the Twenty-Eighth through the Thirty-First Congresses. He then ran as a Unionist and was elected to the Thirty-Second Congress, and served during the three succeeding Congresses as a Whig. During the Civil War, Stephens served in the Confederate Congress and was chosen by the Confederate Congress to act as Vice President of the provisional government. After the war, he was elected again to the United States House of Representatives, this time as a Democrat, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Ambrose Wright. He served from December 1, 1873 to November 4, 1882, when he resigned, having been elected Governor of Georgia. He served in that capacity until his death in 1883. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000854]

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