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![Alexander H. Stephens](https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/807/77.49.jpg) |
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.
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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.
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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.
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