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Stephens family of Crawfordville and Atlanta, Georgia

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Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883) — also known as Alexander H. Stephens; "The Little Pale Star from Georgia" — of Crawfordville, Taliaferro County, Ga. Born near Crawfordville, Taliaferro County, Ga., February 11, 1812. Democrat. Member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1836; member of Georgia state senate, 1842; U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1843-59, 1873-82 (at-large 1843-45, 7th District 1845-53, 8th District 1853-59, 1873-82); candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia; delegate to Georgia secession convention, 1861; Delegate from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Vice President of the Confederacy, 1861-65; arrested for treason in May 1865, and held for five months at Fort Warren; Governor of Georgia, 1882-83; died in office 1883. Slaveowner. Died in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., March 4, 1883 (age 71 years, 21 days). Original interment and cenotaph at Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.; reinterment at Alexander H. Stephens Memorial State Park, Crawfordville, Ga.

		Presumably named for: Alexander Hamilton
		Relatives: Son of Andrew Baskins Stephens and Margaret (Grier) Stephens; half-brother of Linton Stephens; great-granduncle of Robert Grier Stephens Jr..
		Political family: Stephens family of Crawfordville and Atlanta, Georgia.
		The World War II Liberty ship SS Alexander H. Stephens (built 1942 at Houston, Texas; scrapped 1973) was named for him.
		Politician named for him: Alexander S. Clay
		Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on Confederate States $20 notes in 1861-64.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
		Books about Alexander H. Stephens: Thomas E. Schott, Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia : A Biography — William C. Davis, The Union That Shaped the Confederacy: Robert Toombs and Alexander H. Stephens
		Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886)

Linton Stephens (1823-1872) — of Taliaferro County, Ga.; Sparta, Hancock County, Ga. Born near Crawfordville, Taliaferro County, Ga., July 1, 1823. Member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1849, 1863; member of Georgia state senate, 1853-55; candidate for U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1855, 1857; justice of Georgia state supreme court, 1859-60; delegate to Georgia secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Died in Sparta, Hancock County, Ga., July 14, 1872 (age 49 years, 13 days). Original interment at Sparta Cemetery, Sparta, Ga.; reinterment in 1914 at Alexander H. Stephens Memorial State Park, Crawfordville, Ga.

		Relatives: Half-brother of Alexander Hamilton Stephens.
		Political family: Stephens family of Crawfordville and Atlanta, Georgia.

Robert Grier Stephens Jr. (1913-2003) — also known as Robert G. Stephens, Jr. — of Athens, Clarke County, Ga. Born in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., August 14, 1913. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member of Georgia state senate, 1951-53; member of Georgia state house of representatives from Clarke County, 1953-59; U.S. Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1961-77. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Kiwanis; Woodmen. Died, in a hospital at Athens, Clarke County, Ga., February 20, 2003 (age 89 years, 190 days). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.

		Relatives: Great-grandnephew of Alexander Hamilton Stephens.
		Political family: Stephens family of Crawfordville and Atlanta, Georgia.
		Cross-reference: Tillie K. Fowler
		The Robert G. Stephens Jr. Federal Building, in Athens, Georgia, is named for him.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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